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- 1. the action or process of reinforcing or strengthening: "older electricity mains required reinforcement to meet increased demand" Similar
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1. : the action of strengthening or encouraging something : the state of being reinforced. 2. : something that strengthens or encourages something: such as. a. : an addition of troops, supplies, etc., that augments the strength of an army or other military forceusually plural.
REINFORCEMENT definition: 1. the act of making something stronger: 2. soldiers sent to join an army to make it stronger: 3…. Learn more.
Reinforcement is a way to learn and remember things, like a student who repeats the facts he has studied for a test over and over, or the ways we praise children when they share their toys or say "please" and "thank you" — reinforcement of the good manners we want them to use.
Definition of reinforcement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. the act of reinforcing; the state of being reinforced. 2. something that reinforces or strengthens. 3. Often, reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force. 4. a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a behavioral response. [1600–10]
1. : to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support : make stronger or more pronounced. reinforce levees. reinforce the elbows of a jacket. reinforce ideas. 2. : to strengthen or increase by fresh additions. reinforce our troops. were reinforcing their pitching staff. 3.
noun. the act of reinforcing. the state of being reinforced. something that reinforces or strengthens. Often reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force. a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and shearing stresses in concrete work. Psychology.
Reinforcement definition: . See examples of REINFORCEMENT used in a sentence.
Reinforcement definition, the act of reinforcing. See more.
In behavioral psychology, reinforcement refers to consequences that increase the likelihood of an organism's future behavior, typically in the presence of a particular antecedent stimulus. [1] . For example, a rat can be trained to push a lever to receive food whenever a light is turned on.
