simple past tense and past participle of reinforce

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reinforce

Able to be reinforced.

Capability of being reinforced.

Capable of being reinforced.

(psychology) A consequence, such as food or water, that fulfills a primary, unlearned drive, such as hunger or thirst, and thereby reinforces a behavior without dependence on prior learning.

A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.

(psychology) Reinforcement that occurs when you imitate the behavior of someone who has been reinforced for that behavior, as when avoiding hot water having seen another person burned by it.

The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.

The removal of a discouraging stimulus associated with a particular behaviour with the result that it is more likely to be repeated.