1The action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something.
enrichment of the soil for more plant growth
environments where youth can experience cultural enrichment
Example sentencesExamples
We've been conditioned to expect music for free, to our great cultural enrichment.
His contributions towards enrichment of literature and society's progress have been widely acclaimed.
As well as using music for continued artistic enrichment, she has favourite records that fire off associations with particular events.
The most important is that of population growth carries with it a qualitative enrichment of community life.
When great musicians, they leave behind a wealth of evidence of their enrichment of music and each other.
It's a non-profit after-school program to provide educational enrichment for kids in the area.
Quality academic advising has often been identified as an important facet in the retention and enrichment of college students.
Adams took over responsibility for "a shining constellation of museums ... with the responsibility to use these resources for the cultural enrichment and education of the nation".
Official instructions are being sent to farmers informing them of their obligation to give pigs "environmental enrichment".
After-school and summer programs support academic enrichment and life-skills development.
1.1An increase in the proportion of a particular isotope in an element, especially that of the fissile isotope U-235 in uranium, so as to make it more powerful or explosive.
a centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment
as modifierthe enrichment process used to make nuclear fuel rods
Example sentencesExamples
The non-nuclear weapon states should agree not to acquire or make nuclear weapons and that nuclear enrichment of uranium was only allowed for peaceful purposes.
The major powers generally want to limit proliferation of nuclear power precisely because of its links to weaponry, which is made possible by the enrichment of uranium.
They agreed not to possess facilities for nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment.
The officer's initial search turned up more than 100 names, including diplomats who had defended the country's nuclear enrichment programme.
Another small enrichment facility had been dismantled some time ago.
The nuclear enrichment site is buried deep in the mountains.
2The process of making someone wealthy or wealthier.
the policy was denounced as a means of enrichment of a small elite
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It would take democratic control of the major corporations and reorganise production to meet the needs of society, rather than the enrichment of a handful of company chiefs and major stockholders.
The central economic case for land-value taxation was the enrichment of all members of a community who were willing to work.
In this province, it appears as if corruption and the single-minded pursuit of illegal enrichment at the expense of others are liberally spread across all sectors within government.
Scandals involved relatively small sums of money, usually destined for party funds rather than personal enrichment.
He said the party would rally against the stripping of national assets for the enrichment of a handful of private individuals.
Several deputies from another opposition party filed a complaint accusing the couple of illicit enrichment, but a judge ruled that they had committed no crime.
Privatisations were conducted corruptly for the enrichment of a greedy few.
They both devoted themselves to the further enrichment of an oligarchy at the expense of the people.
Opposition figures have suggested that the money was either part of a government slush fund or evidence of illegal enrichment on her part.
Personal enrichment of any person within the non-profit organization must remain strictly prohibited.
Definition of enrichment in US English:
enrichment
noun
1The action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something.
enrichment of the soil for more plant growth
environments where youth can experience cultural enrichment
Example sentencesExamples
We've been conditioned to expect music for free, to our great cultural enrichment.
After-school and summer programs support academic enrichment and life-skills development.
His contributions towards enrichment of literature and society's progress have been widely acclaimed.
When great musicians, they leave behind a wealth of evidence of their enrichment of music and each other.
Adams took over responsibility for "a shining constellation of museums ... with the responsibility to use these resources for the cultural enrichment and education of the nation".
Official instructions are being sent to farmers informing them of their obligation to give pigs "environmental enrichment".
Quality academic advising has often been identified as an important facet in the retention and enrichment of college students.
It's a non-profit after-school program to provide educational enrichment for kids in the area.
The most important is that of population growth carries with it a qualitative enrichment of community life.
As well as using music for continued artistic enrichment, she has favourite records that fire off associations with particular events.
1.1An increase in the proportion of a particular isotope in an element, especially that of the fissile isotope U-235 in uranium, so as to make it more powerful or explosive.
a centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment
as modifierthe enrichment process used to make nuclear fuel rods
Example sentencesExamples
The officer's initial search turned up more than 100 names, including diplomats who had defended the country's nuclear enrichment programme.
The non-nuclear weapon states should agree not to acquire or make nuclear weapons and that nuclear enrichment of uranium was only allowed for peaceful purposes.
They agreed not to possess facilities for nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment.
The major powers generally want to limit proliferation of nuclear power precisely because of its links to weaponry, which is made possible by the enrichment of uranium.
The nuclear enrichment site is buried deep in the mountains.
Another small enrichment facility had been dismantled some time ago.
2The process of making someone wealthy or wealthier.
the policy was denounced as a means of enrichment of a small elite
Example sentencesExamples
They both devoted themselves to the further enrichment of an oligarchy at the expense of the people.
Scandals involved relatively small sums of money, usually destined for party funds rather than personal enrichment.
It would take democratic control of the major corporations and reorganise production to meet the needs of society, rather than the enrichment of a handful of company chiefs and major stockholders.
In this province, it appears as if corruption and the single-minded pursuit of illegal enrichment at the expense of others are liberally spread across all sectors within government.
The central economic case for land-value taxation was the enrichment of all members of a community who were willing to work.
Personal enrichment of any person within the non-profit organization must remain strictly prohibited.
Opposition figures have suggested that the money was either part of a government slush fund or evidence of illegal enrichment on her part.
Several deputies from another opposition party filed a complaint accusing the couple of illicit enrichment, but a judge ruled that they had committed no crime.
Privatisations were conducted corruptly for the enrichment of a greedy few.
He said the party would rally against the stripping of national assets for the enrichment of a handful of private individuals.