Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of
unimproved . - adjective changed for the better.
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- adjective that has been made better;
enhanced - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
improve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
- adjective become or made better in quality
- adjective (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush
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Examples
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Experiments with vertical mulches in gently sloping Vertisols in semiarid India have shown that sorghum stubble packed in trenches 15 cm (6 in) wide improved water infiltration and produced larger yields of grain and straw of an improved variety of sorghum, especially in years of drought. 26 Vertical mulch in trenches 30 cm (12 in) deep and 2 m (6.5 ft) apart gave 25 times more grain yield and 2 times more straw yield than the areas without vertical mulches in a very dry year.
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The term "improved offerings" should mean more for your money, not more of your money.
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New means smallered and improved is code for price increase.
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In those days a gentleman with a military title improved upon the then popular list of contradictions by asserting that in Australia the compass points to the south, the valleys are cold, the mountain-tops warm, the eagles are white, and so on.
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In those days a gentleman with a military title improved upon the then popular list of contradictions by asserting that in
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Mr. Haq cited what he called improved treatment of civilians in Darfur as one success.
NYT > Home Page By NEIL MACFARQUHAR 2011
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The government recently made what it describes as an improved offer to the unions, promising that public sector workers ten years away from retirement would not see any change to their pensions.
BBC News - Home 2011
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"Now the industry has finally got their act together," Morency said of what he calls improved networks among suppliers during the global shortage for Technetium-99, the favoured isotope for cancer and heart disease tests.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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One key area the Suns have improved is their second unit.
Suns and done: Phoenix drops Spurs to reach Western finals 2010
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Since the WATCH was declared, regional water resource conditions have improved thanks to recent precipitation that resulted in improved stream flow levels throughout the Potomac River basin and to cooler weather that has reduced demands.
Drought watch lifted for D.C. metro region Jason Samenow 2010
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