"enhancement" meaning in English

See enhancement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/ [General-American], /ɛnˈhæns.mənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-enhancement.wav Forms: enhancements [plural]
Etymology: From enhance + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enhance|ment}} enhance + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} enhancement (countable and uncountable, plural enhancements)
  1. An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an improvement): hobekuntza (Basque), подобрение (podobrenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), повишение (povišenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), verbetering [feminine] (Dutch), parannus (Finnish), lisäys (Finnish), kohennus (Finnish), amélioration [feminine] (French), Verbesserung [feminine] (German), Erweiterung [feminine] (German), ενίσχυση (eníschysi) (Greek), whakareitanga (Maori), melhoria [feminine] (Portuguese), melhoramento [masculine] (Portuguese), улучше́ние (ulučšénije) [neuter] (Russian), увеличе́ние (uveličénije) [neuter] (Russian), усиле́ние (usilénije) [neuter] (Russian), повыше́ние (povyšénije) [neuter] (Russian), приро́ст (priróst) [masculine] (Russian), соверше́нствование (soveršénstvovanije) [masculine] (Russian), усоверше́нствование (usoveršénstvovanije) [neuter] (Russian), mejora [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enhancement-en-noun-h3S9djv3 Disambiguation of 'an improvement': 99 1
  2. (radiology) The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-enhancement-en-noun-duHf-SVQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 71 Topics: medicine, radiology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inhancement [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uveličénije",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "увеличе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usilénije",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усиле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povyšénije",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "повыше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priróst",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приро́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršénstvovanije",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соверше́нствование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usoveršénstvovanije",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усоверше́нствование"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an improvement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mejora"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enhancement"
}

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