reinforcement

noun reinforcements · re-enforcement · reenforcement · reënforcement

1. uncountable The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced. If a journalist speaks for herself, let her say so. If something is true of "a few" or "some" or "many" or, even, "most" of us, then let her say that. It may cost a few extra modifiers, but it will prevent the unconscionable reinforcement of the myth that we are all alike.
2. countable A thing that reinforces. There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.
3. countable, in plural, uncountable Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action. Send in the reinforcements!
4. uncountable The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
5. countable, uncountable A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.