to enhance

  • 11enhance — ► VERB ▪ increase the quality, value, or extent of. DERIVATIVES enhancement noun enhancer noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «elevate»: from Old French enhauncer, from Latin altus high …

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  • 12enhance — [en hans′, inhäns′; inhans′, inhäns′] vt. enhanced, enhancing [ME enhauncen < Anglo Fr enhauncer < OFr enhaucier < VL * inaltiare < in , EN 1 + * altiare, to raise < L altus, high] 1. to make greater, as in cost, value,… …

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  • 13enhance — 01. Eyeshadow [enhances] the natural contours of the eye. 02. When I put flowers on the table, it really [enhances] the room. 03. Reading in English is an excellent way to [enhance] your vocabulary. 04. The clothes she wore [enhanced] her beauty …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 14enhance — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, greatly, much, significantly, substantially ▪ The attractiveness of the book is much enhanced by Mark Stevens s drawings. ▪ d …

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  • 15enhance */*/ — UK [ɪnˈhɑːns] / US [ɪnˈhæns] verb [transitive] Word forms enhance : present tense I/you/we/they enhance he/she/it enhances present participle enhancing past tense enhanced past participle enhanced to improve something, or to make it more… …

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  • 16enhance — en|hance W3 [ınˈha:ns US ınˈhæns] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: enhauncer, from Vulgar Latin inaltiare to raise , from Latin altus high ] to improve something ▪ Good lighting will enhance any room. ▪ The publicity has done… …

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  • 17enhance — [[t]ɪnhɑ͟ːns, hæ̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ enhances, enhancing, enhanced VERB To enhance something means to improve its value, quality, or attractiveness. [V n] They ll be keen to enhance their reputation abroad... [V n] The superb sets are enhanced by Bobby… …

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  • 18enhance — verb ɪnˈhɑːnsɨnˈhæns a) To augment or make something greater. nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst. b) To improve something by adding features. A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and …

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  • 19enhance — en|hance [ ın hæns ] verb transitive ** to improve something, or make it more attractive or more valuable: The measures taken should considerably enhance the residents quality of life …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20enhance — [14] To enhance something is literally to ‘make it higher’. The word comes via Anglo Norman enhauncer from Old French enhaucer, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre ‘raise’. This was a verb formed from the Latin intensive prefix in and the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins