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enhancement
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | augmentation |
| Synonyms: | enrichment, improvement, increase, intensification |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
| Synonyms: | accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Notes: | an addition is something that, when added, serves simply to augment or extend that to which it has been added, leaving the character of the original unchanged; an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added' |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correction, improvement |
| Synonyms: | alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision |
| Antonyms: | worsening |
| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant thing |
| Synonyms: | advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superfluity, virtue |
| Antonyms: | abomination, inconvenience |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
| Synonyms: | enhancement, gain, growth, improvement, inflation, rise |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depreciation, loss |
| Main Entry: | augmentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | making greater; improving |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, amplification, beefing up, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, fleshing out, growth, heightening, hike, increase, increment, inflation, intensification, magnification, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling, up, upping |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degradation |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, correlative, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, quota, remainder, rest, rounding-off, supplement, total, totality |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nurture, help |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, patronage, promotion, support |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Antonyms: | destruction, harm, hurt, neglect |
| Main Entry: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification, embellishment |
| Synonyms: | adornment, beautifying, bedecking, bedizenment, designing, elaboration, enhancement, enrichment, festooning, flounce, flourish, frill, furbelow, garnish, garnishing, illumination, improvement, ornament, ornamentation, redecorating, spangle, trimming |
| Antonyms: | eyesore |
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