verb · academic
enhance
UK/ɪnˈhɑːns/US/ɪnˈhæns/en·HANCE
to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something
Examples
“The university introduced new resources to enhance students' research skills.”
“Adjusting the contrast can enhance the visibility of details in the image.”
“Public campaigns aim to enhance awareness of recycling practices.”
Band 8 sentence
“To enhance the robustness of the findings, the researchers triangulated quantitative data with in-depth interviews.”
Collocations
- enhance the quality
- enhance performance
- enhance understanding
- enhance reputation
Word family
Common mistakes
increase→enhance
enhance to→enhance
make something enhance→enhance something
Say it for a higher band
5increase→6improve→7+enhance
Synonyms
improve
boost
Easily confused
improve
“The study aims to improve our understanding of the social impacts of urbanisation.”
boost
“The marketing campaign helped boost sales during the holiday season.”
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