memperkuatkan

Memperkuatkan is an Indonesian transitive verb meaning to make something stronger, to bolster, or to reinforce. It is formed from the adjective kuat (strong) with the causative prefix memper- and the suffix -kan, yielding a sense of causing something to become more robust or to increase its strength. The term often carries a formal or technical nuance, emphasizing the action of enhancing strength rather than simply maintaining it.

In usage, memperkuatkan takes a direct object representing what is being strengthened, with the subject performing the strengthening action. The corresponding passive form is diperkuatkan, meaning that something has been strengthened or reinforced. The construction is common in policy, organizational, and technical contexts, where explicit strengthening of systems, relationships, or defenses is discussed.

Examples include: pemerintah memperkuatkan hubungan kemitraan dengan negara tetangga (the government strengthens partnership ties with neighboring countries); perusahaan memperkuatkan cadangan likuiditas untuk menghadapi krisis (the company strengthens liquidity reserves to face a crisis); organisasi itu memperkuatkan sistem keamanan data (the organization strengthens its data security system). These illustrate how the word expresses deliberate, planned enhancement.

See also: menguatkan, memperkuat, penguatan, kekuatan. Memperkuatkan sits among more formal or emphatic ways to express strengthening, compared with shorter forms like menguatkan or memperkuat.