reinforce
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make stronger
he reinforced the concrete
Types & categories
- strengthen hypernym
- buttress hyponym
- line hyponym
- bolster hyponym
- mine hyponym
Related & opposite
- reinforcement derivation
- strengthener derivation
Sense 2 verb
strengthen and support with rewards
Let's reinforce good behavior
Types & categories
- teach hypernym
Related & opposite
- reward derivation
- reinforcing stimulus derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reinforcement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strengthener |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | strengthen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buttress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bolster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reinforcing stimulus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | teach |