enhancing (pluralenhancings)
- The act ofenhancing;enhancement.
1829 January, “Godwin's History of the CommonWealth”, inThe New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume25, number97, page119: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—theenhancings— are all matter of contention; and neither party will give up an inch, lest the outworks should involve the citadel.
2009, Martin L. Vanderhook,A Sensory Approach to Improving Muscle Control, page49:Because how can it be defnitively proven that anenhancing in our degree of emulating was in fact caused by the conditioning from employing some type of sensory enhancing mindset.
2011, Sri Wening Handayani,Enhancing Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific:In addition to targeting risks and vulnerabilities associated with crises and upheavals, theenhancing of social protection must be mindful of the structural elements that place social groups in a situation of vulnerability in the first place.
enhancing (comparativemoreenhancing,superlativemostenhancing)
- Acting or tending to enhance.
1982, L.M. Anderson, B.D. Mulligan, L.S. Goodman, “Esthetics of Sound in Outdoor Settings”, inSoutheastern Recreation Research Conference Proceedings, page114:A few sounds were consistently moreenhancing, while most were consistently more detracting.
2011, Chris C. Demchak,Wars of Disruption and Resilience, page207:Similarly, successful attack operations in cyberspace with few tracks back to the host government can be veryenhancing to one's internal reputation.
2017, Trevor Wright,How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher:It's obvious that this is moreenhancing.
enhancing
- presentparticiple andgerund ofenhance
