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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REINFORCEMENT, n. New force added; fresh supplies of strength; particularly, additional troops or ships.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" [syn: support, reinforcement, reenforcement]
2: information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" [syn: reinforcement, reenforcement]
3: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it [syn: reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement]
4: a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" [syn: strengthener, reinforcement]
5: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: reward, reinforcement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1602 1. the action of reinforcing ; the state of being reinforced 2. something that reinforces

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of reinforcing; the process of being reinforced. 2 a thing that reinforces. 3 (in pl.) reinforcing personnel or equipment etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reinforcement Re`in*force"ment (-ment), n. See Re["e]nforcement.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reinforcements) 1. Reinforcements are soldiers or policemen who are sent to join an army or group of police in order to make it stronger. ...the despatch of police and troop reinforcements. N-PLURAL 2. The reinforcement of something is the process of making it stronger. I am sure that this meeting will contribute to the reinforcement of peace and security all over the world... N-VAR: oft N of n

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