Associations to the word «Reinforcement»

REINFORCEMENT, noun. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

REINFORCEMENT, noun. (countable) A thing that reinforces.

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

REINFORCEMENT, noun. (uncountable) (behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

REINFORCEMENT, noun. 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".

REINFORCEMENT, noun. Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints".

REINFORCEMENT, noun. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.

REINFORCEMENT, noun. 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".

REINFORCEMENT, noun. An act performed to strengthen approved behavior.