enhancing
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]enhancing (plural enhancings)
- The act of enhancing; enhancement.
- 1829 January, “Godwin's History of the CommonWealth”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 25, number 97, page 119:
- Evidence is sought for rebutting, not for confirming; and so, of course, little gets established; and even where facts are incontestable, the principles on which they were performed—the views of the agents—the objects aimed at—the palliatives—the enhancings— are all matter of contention; and neither party will give up an inch, lest the outworks should involve the citadel.
- 2009, Martin L. Vanderhook, A Sensory Approach to Improving Muscle Control, page 49:
- Because how can it be defnitively proven that an enhancing in our degree of emulating was in fact caused by the conditioning from employing some type of sensory enhancing mindset.
- 2011, Sri Wening Handayani, Enhancing Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific:
- In addition to targeting risks and vulnerabilities associated with crises and upheavals, the enhancing of social protection must be mindful of the structural elements that place social groups in a situation of vulnerability in the first place.
Adjective
[edit]enhancing (comparative more enhancing, superlative most enhancing)
- Acting or tending to enhance.
- 1982, L.M. Anderson, B.D. Mulligan, L.S. Goodman, “Esthetics of Sound in Outdoor Settings”, in Southeastern Recreation Research Conference Proceedings, page 114:
- A few sounds were consistently more enhancing, while most were consistently more detracting.
- 2011, Chris C. Demchak, Wars of Disruption and Resilience, page 207:
- Similarly, successful attack operations in cyberspace with few tracks back to the host government can be very enhancing to one's internal reputation.
- 2017, Trevor Wright, How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher:
- It's obvious that this is more enhancing.
Verb
[edit]enhancing
- present participle and gerund of enhance