IMPROVE
\ɪmpɹˈuːv], \ɪmpɹˈuːv], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈuː_v]\
Definitions of IMPROVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.
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To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
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To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.
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To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
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To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
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To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.
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To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; - said with reference to what is bad.
By Oddity Software
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To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.
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To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
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To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.
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To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
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To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
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To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.
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To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; - said with reference to what is bad.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make better: to advance in value or excellence: to correct: to employ to good purpose.
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To grow better: to make progress: to increase: to rise (as prices).
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IMPROVER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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