Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making improvement.
- Tending to cause improvement; affording means or occasion of improvement; that may be used to advantage.
- noun In metallurgy, an operation for removing a portion of the impurities from argentiferous lead by exposing the molten metal to the oxidizing influence of the air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better.
- adjective (Scots Law) an extended lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective getting better
- verb Present participle of
improve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective getting higher or more vigorous
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Examples
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Pelosi has opening stated she will work on, what she calls improving the current bill (ie single payer).
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local DenverDan 2010
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Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS 2010
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Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.
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Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS 2010
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Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS 2010
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Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.
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Such an unblinkered look at the liturgical reforms can, Msgr Ranjith writes, help us to be courageous in improving or changing that which was erroneously introduced and which appears to be incompatible with the true dignity of the Liturgy.
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Two reports released yesterday “show that progress in improving the quality of health care and narrowing health disparities among ethnic groups remains agonizingly slow, and that patient safety may actually be declining.”
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Furniture that not only serves its traditional functions but also takes an active role in improving our environment is just the kind of innovation we love to see at Inhabitat.
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One of the most eminent and closely involved members of the Consilium which supervised the reform process, Cardinal Antonelli can help us to understand the inner polarizations that influenced the different decisions of the Reform and help us to be courageous in improving or changing that which was erroneously introduced and which appears to be incompatible with the true dignity of the Liturgy.
Archbishop Ranjith's Foreword to "True Development of the Liturgy" 2009
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