Meaning & use

enrich

verb·Academic

To improve the quality or value of something, often by adding a valuable or nutritious element.

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Traveling to new countries enriched her understanding of different cultures.

Farmers add compost to enrich the soil before planting next season's crops.

A note on using this word

Enrich can describe both figurative growth, like enriching one's mind, and literal addition, like enriching food with vitamins.

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Words with an opposite meaning

impoverish

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