What does "enhanced" mean?
simple past and past participle of enhance
Enhanced
adj, verb
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: simple past and past participle of enhance
- Grammar: enhanced is listed as adj, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: accelerated, advanced, aggrandize, aggrandized.
- Useful contrasts: base game, basic, declined.
- Usage evidence: I recommend the public transport be enhanced.
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of enhance form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
- 2 Raised up, amplified.
"The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold."
- 3 Having suffered the use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. euphemistic
"Big, enhanced mass monsters that tremble the ground they walk on, lift tons (literally), and get winded going up a flight of stairs. Of course, there are other areas of the sport such as natural bodybuilders, physique competitors, and pro and amateur levels of contests."
Adjective
- 1 increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality wordnet
Example
"I recommend the public transport be enhanced."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "enhanced"?
Common synonyms include: accelerated, advanced, aggrandize, aggrandized, aggravated, ameliorated.
How do you use "enhanced" in a sentence?
I recommend the public transport be enhanced.
Etymology
From enhance + -ed.