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# enhanced

«enhanced» in Mova's school dictionary: **made better, stronger or more attractive** — 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, past form of enhance (enhance, enhances, enhanced, enhancing); adjective (enhanced)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enhanced means made better, stronger or more attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#m1)

2) As an adjective, enhanced describes something that has been improved or given extra features. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#m2)

3) (formal) Enhanced can mean increased in amount or value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a photo can be enhanced to look brighter, and a game may have an enhanced edition. In science, a microscope gives an enhanced view of tiny things. In formal or exam language «enhanced» means improved or increased: «the scheme enhanced pupils' attainment». Phrases: enhanced by, greatly enhanced, enhanced version, enhanced security.

### examples

- The music was enhanced by the sound of the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x1)
- She enhanced the photo so the colours were brighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x2)
- The new edition of the game has enhanced graphics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x3)
- Fresh herbs enhanced the flavour of the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x4)
- The school enhanced its library with 200 new books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x5)
- Their reputation was enhanced by winning the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x6)
- The pupils' results were subsequently enhanced. (formal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: enhance, enhanced. It means improve something that is already there, not make something new. It is a slightly formal word; in everyday speech people say «made better». In a maths problem «enhanced by 10%» means increased by 10%, so multiply by 1.1.

### 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 «enhanced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhanced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.