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enhance
What does enhance mean?
enhance (verb): make better or more attractive.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use enhance in a sentence?
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce enhance?
/ɛnˈhæns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does enhance come from?
From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to enhance
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “enhance” mean?
to make a reply or response to
Not quite: that's what answer means.
be fully aware or cognizant of
Not quite: that's what realize means.
to become aware of; to observe
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make better or more attractive
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