English-Thai Dictionary
enhance
VT ทำให้ ดี เพิ่มขึ้น ปรับปรุง heighten improve tam-hai-de-poem-kuen
enhancement
N การ ทำให้ เพิ่มมากขึ้น
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENHANCE
v.t.enh `ans. 1. To raise; to lift; applied to material things by Spenser, but this application is entirely obsolete.
2. To raise; to advance; to highthen; applied to price or value. War enhances the price of provisions; it enhances rents, and the value of lands.
3. To raise; applied to qualities, quantity, pleasures, enjoyments, etc. Pleasure is enhanced by the difficulty of obtaining it.
4. To increase; to aggravate. The guilt of a crime may be enhanced by circumstances.
ENHANCE
v.i.enh `ans. To be raised; to swell; to grow larger. A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
ENHANCED
pp. Raised; advanced; highthened; increased.
ENHANCEMENT
n.Rise; increase; augmentation; as the enhancement of value, price, enjoyment, pleasure, beauty. 1. Increase; aggravation; as the enhancement of evil, grief, punishment, guilt or crime.
ENHANCER
n.One who enhances; he or that which raises price, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENHANCE
En *hance ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enhanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing. ]Etym: [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in ) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser. ]
1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs. ] Wyclif. Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced. Spenser.
2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime. The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated. Southey.
ENHANCE
ENHANCE En *hance ", v. i.
Defn: To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
ENHANCEMENT
ENHANCEMENT En *hance "ment, n.
Defn: The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
ENHANCER
ENHANCER En *han "cer, n.
Defn: One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
enhance
en hance |enˈhans ɪnˈhæns | ▶verb [ with obj. ] intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of: his refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation | computer techniques that enhance images. DERIVATIVES en hanc er noun ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as inhance ): from Anglo-Norman French enhauncer, based on Latin in- (expressing intensive force ) + altus ‘high. ’ The word originally meant ‘elevate ’ (literally and figuratively ), later ‘exaggerate, make appear greater, ’ also ‘raise the value or price of something ’ Current senses date from the early 16th cent.
enhancement
en hance ment |enˈhansmənt | ▶noun an increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent: these enhancements will improve the customer experience | the enhancement of civic amenities.
Oxford Dictionary
enhance
enhance |ɪnˈhɑːns, -hans, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of: his refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation. ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as inhance ): from Anglo-Norman French enhauncer, based on Latin in- (expressing intensive force ) + altus ‘high ’. The word originally meant ‘elevate ’ (literally and figuratively ), later ‘exaggerate, make appear greater ’, also ‘raise the value or price of something ’. Current senses date from the early 16th cent.
enhancement
enhancement |ɪnˈhɑːnsm (ə )nt, ɛn- | ▶noun an increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent: this programme of enhancements will improve the daily experience of passengers | [ mass noun ] : the enhancement of civic amenities.
enhancer
en |han ¦cer |ɪnˈhɑːnsə (r )| ▶noun a person or thing that enhances something: a sweetener and flavour enhancer. • Genetics a DNA sequence that increases the level of transcription of a gene that is located nearby on the same chromosome.
American Oxford Thesaurus
enhance
enhance verb background music will enhance the mood: increase, add to, intensify, heighten, magnify, amplify, inflate, strengthen, build up, supplement, augment, boost, raise, lift, elevate, exalt; improve, enrich, complement. ANTONYMS diminish.
Oxford Thesaurus
enhance
enhance verb his dramatic appearance enhanced his reputation: increase, add to, intensify, magnify, amplify, inflate, strengthen, build up, supplement, augment, boost, upgrade, raise, lift, escalate, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, swell; improve, enrich, complement, heighten, deepen, stress, reinforce, underline, emphasize; informal jack up, hike. ANTONYMS diminish; mar.
enhancement
enhancement noun the enhancement of the school's reputation: improvement, intensification, magnification, amplification, increase, strengthening, inflation, augmenting, augmentation; boost, rise, increment, lift; escalation, elevation, exaltation, aggrandizement, swelling, heightening, emphasis, stress, reinforcement, enrichment; informal jacking up, hike. ANTONYMS diminution.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
enhance
en hance /ɪnhǽns |-hɑ́ːns /動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-t /; enhancing 他動詞 1 〈価値 質 魅力など 〉を高める , より良くする ▸ enhance picture quality 画質を向上させる 2 〘コンピュ 〙〈機能など 〉を拡張する .en h á nc er 名詞 C 〖通例修飾語を伴って 〗向上 [増進 ]させるもの .
enhanced
en h á nced /-t /形容詞 強化 [拡張 ]された ▸ an enhanced CD エンハンストCD .
enhancement
en h á nce ment 名詞 C U 1 ｟かたく ｠(物の価値 特質 魅力などを )高めること [もの ], 改良, 増進 .2 〘コンピュ 〙エンハンスメント, 拡張 (機能 ), 向上, 強調 .
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