enriches

Enriches is the third-person singular present tense of the verb enrich. Enrich means to improve the quality, value, or usefulness of something by adding desirable elements, or to increase the concentration of a valuable component in a substance. The form enriches is used with a singular subject, as in “The program enriches the curriculum” or “The diet enriches meals with nutrients.”

Etymology: The word derives from Old French enrichir, from en- "to make" + riche "rich"; related forms date to the medieval period and have since expanded into multiple figurative senses.

Usage: Enriches is common in everyday language across domains including education, culture, nutrition, and data. It regularly collocates with nouns such as life, experience, soil, diet, and information. The sense can be literal (adding nutrients) or figurative (adding value, understanding, or context).

Technical senses: In mining and materials processing, enrichment refers to increasing the concentration of a valuable constituent, typically through ore dressing techniques; the ore is enriched, producing a higher-grade product. In nuclear technology, enrichment means increasing the proportion of fissile isotopes, such as uranium-235, in a material, a process that directly enables reactor fuel or weapons production.

Other uses: In cultural or digital contexts, enrichment can describe adding new content or metadata to improve a collection, database, or learning experience; for example, enriching a dataset or a vocabulary by adding entries or examples.

See also: enrichment, enriching. The term is widely used across disciplines to describe the act of making something richer or more useful by adding components or increasing concentration.