Dictionary

enhancement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛnˈhæns.mənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English enhance Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enhancement From enhance + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.
   • Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement. 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:
   • The original product, with its simplistic design, has undergone many enhancements over the years.
2. (countable, uncountable) The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area.
   • The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%). 2016, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Management of Pancreatic Diseases:

Forms

Antonyms

dehancement

Deriveds

dehancement · hyperenhancement · progressive enhancement · coenhancement · radioenhancement · immunoenhancement · neuroenhancement · hypoenhancement · human enhancement · isoenhancement · photoenhancement · disease enhancement · nonenhancement · male enhancement

Translations (24)

hi वृद्धि (an improvement) · de Erweiterung (an improvement) · ru повыше́ние (an improvement) · ru приро́ст (an improvement) · ru соверше́нствование (an improvement) · ru улучше́ние (an improvement) · pt melhoramento (an improvement) · nl verbetering (an improvement) · pt melhoria (an improvement) · ru усоверше́нствование (an improvement) · hi वर्धन (an improvement) · bg подобрение (an improvement) · de Verbesserung (an improvement) · eu hobekuntza (an improvement) · ru усиле́ние (an improvement) · fi parannus (an improvement) · fi lisäys (an improvement) · mi whakareitanga (an improvement) · fr amélioration (an improvement) · fi kohennus (an improvement) · el ενίσχυση (an improvement) · ru увеличе́ние (an improvement) · enm reformacioun (an improvement) · bg повишение (an improvement)