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# enhance

«enhance» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something better, stronger or more attractive; to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (enhance, enhances, enhanced, enhancing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make something better, stronger or more attractive; to improve the quality or value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#m1)

2) (computing, images) To make a picture or sound clearer: «enhance the photo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and computing: enhance an image, enhance sound. In school: enhance your writing with adjectives and detail; enhance learning with trips. In everyday life: spices enhance flavour. Safety and ethics: «performance-enhancing drugs» are banned in sport. Phrases: «enhance quality», «enhance the flavour», «enhanced by».

### examples

- A pinch of salt enhances the flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x1)
- Adding adjectives can enhance your writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x2)
- The detective enhanced the photo to see the number plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x3)
- The new playground enhanced the school grounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x4)
- Lights enhance the beauty of the Christmas tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x5)
- Performance-enhancing drugs are against the rules in sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: «enhancement». Formal; in speech say «improve», «make better». Spelling: en + hance (not «enhanse»).

### In the corpora

- ["Enhanced interrogation" means torture (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/20/)
- ["Enhanced pat-down" is a US official phrase for a thorough body search, for example at an airport.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enhance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.