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enhancing

enhancing noun: the act of enhancing; enhancement. Also the present participle and gerund of enhance.

Noun

enhancing (plural enhancings)

  1. The act of enhancing; enhancement.
    • 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...1829 January, “Godwin's History of the CommonWealth”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 25, number 97, page 119
    • 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.2009, Martin L. Vanderhook, A Sensory Approach to Improving Muscle Control, page 49

Adjective

enhancing (comparative more enhancing, superlative most enhancing)

  1. Acting or tending to enhance.
    • A few sounds were consistently more enhancing, while most were consistently more detracting.1982, L.M. Anderson, B.D. Mulligan, L.S. Goodman, “Esthetics of Sound in Outdoor Settings”, in Southeastern Recreation Research Conference Proceedings, page 114
    • Similarly, successful attack operations in cyberspace with few tracks back to the host government can be very enhancing to one's internal reputation.2011, Chris C. Demchak, Wars of Disruption and Resilience, page 207

Also used as

enhancing is also the present participle and gerund of enhance.

Forms of enhancing

Noun
pluralenhancings
Adjective
comparativemore enhancing
superlativemost enhancing

Words formed from enhancing

Questions about enhancing

What does enhancing mean?
Enhancing means the act of enhancing; enhancement.
What part of speech is enhancing?
Enhancing can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of enhancing?
The plural of enhancing is enhancings.

Words near enhancing in the dictionary

  1. enhancesome
  2. enhancesomes
  3. enhancest
  4. enhanceth
  5. enhancin
  6. enhancing
  7. enhancingly
  8. enhancings
  9. enhancive
  10. enhancon
  11. enhancons

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