enrichment
enrichment Lexical Profile
enrichment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of improving or enhancing the quality, value, or intellectual scope of something, or the state of being improved.
"The school offers after-school music and art classes for the cultural enrichment of its students."
The act or process of making someone wealthier, or of increasing financial assets.
"The court ruled that the company must return the funds to prevent unjust enrichment at the expense of consumers."
The process of increasing the concentration of a particular isotope in an element (such as uranium-235), or of adding essential nutrients to soil or food.
"The enrichment of flour with iron and folic acid has significantly reduced nutritional deficiencies."
• Rhymes for enrichment
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the early 17th century, formed from the verb 'enrich' (from Old French 'enrichir') combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ment'.