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  • 11Improve — means to make something better. It may also refer to:Improver* Bread improver * Improver Corporation: Improver v Remington, a 1990 United Kingdom patent infringement law court caseImproved* Improved clinch knot, a knot * Most Improved Player, a… …

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  • 12improve — [v] make or become better advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around*, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up*, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, make strides,… …

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  • 13improve — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, immeasurably, immensely, materially, radically, really, remarkably, sign …

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  • 14improve — 01. Your English has really [improved] in the last few months. 02. I ve noticed a good [improvement] in Laurie s health since she started eating less junk food. 03. The doctor said that the patient s health has [improved] steadily since they put… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15improve — [[t]ɪmpru͟ːv[/t]] ♦♦ improves, improving, improved 1) V ERG If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better. Within a month, both the texture and condition of your hair should improve... The weather is beginning to improve... [V n]… …

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  • 16improve — im|prove1 [ ım pruv ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to make something better: Our main objective is to improve educational standards. A light airy sunroom greatly improves the quality of life for residents. a ) improve yourself to make yourself a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17improve — I UK [ɪmˈpruːv] / US [ɪmˈpruv] verb Word forms improve : present tense I/you/we/they improve he/she/it improves present participle improving past tense improved past participle improved *** 1) [transitive] to make something better Our main… …

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  • 18improve — improvable, adj. improvability, improvableness, n. improvably, adv. improvingly, adv. /im proohv /, v., improved, improving. v.t. 1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health. 2. to make (land)… …

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  • 19improve — v. 1) (D; intr.) to improve in (she has improved in English) 2) (d; intr.) to improve on, upon (I cannot improve on her performance) * * * [ɪm pruːv] upon (I cannot improve on her performance) (d; intr.) to improve on (D; intr.) to improve in… …

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  • 20improve — im|prove W1S2 [ımˈpru:v] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: emprowe to improve (15 16 centuries), from Anglo French emprouer to make a profit , from Old French prou advantage, profit ; probably influenced by approve] [I and T] to make something better,… …

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