Enrich Meaning
/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo enhance.
verbTo make (someone or something) rich or richer.
Sentence Examples
You should enrich your mind when young.
Traveling will immensely enrich our minds.
Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The foundation aims to ____ the lives of underprivileged children through education.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Travel is a wonderful way to ____ your understanding of diverse cultures.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River."
— 2013 January 26, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59:
"The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades."
— 2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The foundation aims to ____ the lives of underprivileged children through education.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Travel is a wonderful way to ____ your understanding of diverse cultures.