reinforcement

English

Alternative forms

• re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

Etymology

From reinforce +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)smənt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

reinforcement (countable and uncountable, plural reinforcements)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
2. (countable) A thing that reinforces.

   There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.

3. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

   Send in the reinforcements!

4. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
5. A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.

Derived terms

• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• primary reinforcement
• reinforcement learning
• vicarious reinforcement

 

Translations

act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced

• Armenian: ամրապնդում (hy) (amrapndum)
• Bulgarian: подсилване (bg) n (podsilvane), укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane)
• Catalan: reforç (ca) m, reforçament m
• Danish: forstærkning c
• Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
• French: renfort (fr) m
• Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
• Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba), გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba), შევსება (ševseba)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f
• Hungarian: megerősítés (hu), megerősödés (hu)
• Irish: athneartú m
• Macedonian: потсилу́вање n (potsilúvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsterkning m or f

  Nynorsk: forsterkning f

• Persian: تقویت (fa) (taqviyat)
• Polish: wzmocnienie (pl) n, wsparcie (pl) n
• Russian: укрепле́ние (ru) n (ukreplénije), усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije)
• Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m

thing that reinforces

• Catalan: reforç (ca)
• Danish: forstærkning c, støtte c
• Dutch: versterking (nl)
• Finnish: vahvike, lujike
• French: renfort (fr)
• Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
• German: Verstärkung (de) f
• Italian: rinforzo (it)
• Polish: wzmocnienie (pl) n, wsparcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: reforço (pt)
• Spanish: refuerzo (es), reforzamiento m
• Swedish: förstärkning (sv) c

in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: օգնական ուժեր (ōgnakan užer)
• Bulgarian: подкрепление n (podkreplenie)
• Danish: forstærkning c, støtte
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: apuvoimat pl, vahvistukset pl
• French: renforts (fr) m pl
• Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
• Georgian: საჯარისო შენაერთის გაძლიერება (saǯariso šenaertis gaʒliereba), საჯარისო შენაერთის შევსება (saǯariso šenaertis ševseba), დამატებითი აღჭურვილობით მომარაგება (damaṭebiti aɣč̣urvilobit momarageba)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f
• Hungarian: utánpótlás (hu), segédcsapatok (hu) pl, megerősítő csapatok pl
• Indonesian: bala bantuan (id)
• Japanese: 援兵 (ja) (えんぺい, enpei)
• Latin: supplēmentum n
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: засилу́вање n (zasilúvanje)
• Maori: ope whakahirihiri, whaitaua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsterkninger m or f pl

  Nynorsk: forsterkningar f pl

• Polish: posiłki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: reforços m pl
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: подкрепле́ние (ru) n (podkreplénije), пополне́ние (ru) n (popolnénije)
• Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated

• Danish: forstærkning c
• Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
• German: Verstärkung (de) f
• Hungarian: megerősítés (hu)

See also

• punishment
• operant conditioning
• classical conditioning