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# enhancement

«enhancement» in Mova's school dictionary: **an improvement that makes something better, stronger or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an enhancement, enhancements; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An enhancement is an improvement that makes something better, stronger or more attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#m1)

2) (formal) Enhancement is the act of making something better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In technology: a software enhancement adds new features. In art and science: image enhancement makes photos clearer. A formal word; in everyday talk say "improvement". Phrases: an enhancement to, image enhancement, performance enhancement.

### examples

- The new update has many enhancements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x1)
- The garden had a big enhancement after we planted flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x2)
- Image enhancement made the blurry photo clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x3)
- Using banned drugs for performance enhancement is cheating in sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x4)
- The new lights were a great enhancement to the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x5)
- We suggested some enhancements to our class website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enhancement/#x6)

### note

Verb: enhance. Countable when it is one improvement; uncountable for the process. Spelling: en-HANCE-ment. In formal exam language it simply means "improvement".

### Trees and pragmatics

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