Enrichment Meaning
/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of enriching or something enriched.
nounThe process of making enriched uranium.
Sentence Examples
Tom attends maths enrichment classes after school.
The enrichment of the soil with minerals allowed my corn to grow this tall.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum offers educational programs for the ____ of the community.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school offers various after-school programs for the ____ of its students.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English enrich Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enrichment From enrich + -ment.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"That stockpile of 60% Uranium, if enriched to 90%, which is a relatively easy step, is enough for about nine bombs, according to experts. Just before the war started, Iran announced that it had built another new secret facility for enrichment that was due to come on stream soon."
— 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
"In an interview with CBS broadcast Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said that his country’s uranium enrichment will “never stop” because Iran has an “inalienable right” to do so for “peaceful nuclear activity.”"
— 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:
"The practice of enrichment to address these problems started in zoos and later spread to more intensively managed captive settings, such as farming and animal laboratories."
— 2009, Marc Bekoff, Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition, page 208:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum offers educational programs for the ____ of the community.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school offers various after-school programs for the ____ of its students.