Word Finder - improve

definition

To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

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Buying more servers would improve performance.

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To become better.

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I have improved since taking the tablets.

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.

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to improve negligence

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To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

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to improve one's time;  to improve his means

Maybe his mood would improve, anyway.

Sometimes I think he was trying to improve my skills.

To improve their profits?

The ability of science and technology to improve human life is known to us.

So you're saying the wolves improve your herd by culling out the weakest animals?

These meetings need to improve, brothers.

He was trying to communicate – to improve their relationship.

Did she think it would improve their situation?

There was helpful information for us to improve observation techniques.

Just tell her the Parkside Betterment Society voted for Billie and Willie to improve the city by getting lost.

If the position of the Russian army really began to improve from the time of that march, it does not at all follow that the march was the cause of it.

He was furious and plowing into that tourist isn't going to improve his temperament.

What's more, the algorithms used to make that recommendation are self-learning and will improve their suggestions over time.

The next work on the husbandry of Scotland is The Countryman's Rudiments, or an Advice to the Farmers in East Lothian, how to labour and improve their Grounds, said to have been written by John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven about the time of the Union, and reprinted in 1723.

Dr. Humason is still trying to improve my speech.

Origen's textual studies on the Old Testament were undertaken partly in order to improve the manuscript tradition, and partly for apologetic reasons, to clear up the relation between the LXX and the original Hebrew text.

He said this with a smugness that didn't improve Dean's mood one iota.

Kutuzov alone would not see this and openly expressed his opinion that no fresh war could improve the position or add to the glory of Russia, but could only spoil and lower the glorious position that Russia had gained.

Attempts have been made to improve submarine cables in this respect, and in 1906 a short cable " loaded " with Pupin coils was laid across Lake Constance.

Where, as in England, they felt that they could improve, they substituted for the style of the country their own style - that is, a style which they had not created but which they had adopted, which they had made thoroughly their own, and which they went on improving in England no less than in Normandy.

I had made my homeward journey, talking constantly to Miss Sullivan, not for the sake of talking, but determined to improve to the last minute.

As the days passed, her mood did improve.

At the beginning of the 19th century it did not contain 20,000 inhabitants, and its real advance began with the reigns of Kings Frederick and William I., who exerted themselves in every way to improve and beautify it.

Where, as in Sicily, the Normans felt that they could not improve, they simply adopted the style of the country.

By the judicious selection of a type of yeast it is possible to improve the bouquet, and from an inferior must obtain a better wine or cider than would otherwise be produced.

Sometimes children with optic neuropathy find spectacles improve vision.

For verbal tests, start reading a good quality newspaper or magazine with editorial articles to improve your command of language.

Many think that seeds improve with age.

He said Destiny's fever had broken and if she continued to improve, they would take the tent off her bed in a few days.

All that was true enough, but remaining bitter about it wasn't going to improve their relationship.

Alex continued to improve and Thursday the doctor told him they would release him the next morning.

There was no way to move up or improve life in the immortal world, but Jenn heard tales of the mortal world.

Certainly it was the main reason she was trying to improve – to keep him interested.

The Congested Districts Board made many efforts to improve the condition of the inhabitants, especially by introducing better methods of fishing.

Good cattle for breeding purposes are being imported from Switzerland and Sicily, and efforts are likewise being made to improve the breed of horses, which are bought mainly for the army.

Gradually Durham, Short horn, Hereford and other stock were introduced to improve the native breeds, with results so satisfactory that now herds of threequarters-bred cattle are to be found in all parts of the country.

As November wore on, the situation did not improve.

Part of the trade of Ashanti had been diverted to the French port of Assini in consequence of the wars waged between England and the Ashanti, but on the suppression of the revolt of 1900 measures were taken to improve trade between Kumasi and Cape Coast.

In addition, a force of native scouts, which ultimately reached a total of 860 men, was organized in eighteen companies, and partly armed with Snider rifles, to cover the advance of the main column, which started on the 27th of December, and to improve the road.

Always keenly alive to the interests of chemists in general, Bell conceived the idea of a society which should at once protect the interests of the trade, and improve its status, and at a public meeting held on the 15th of April 1841, it was resolved to found the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

During the period of the truce the archdukes, who were wise and statesmanlike rulers, did their utmost to restore prosperity to their country and to improve its internal condition.

Maximilian Emanuel was an able man, who did his utmost to improve the condition of the country.

The animals are small, but Durham and Hereford bulls have been introduced from Argentina to improve the breed.

John, who was called " Cicero," either on account of his eloquence, or of his knowledge of Latin, was interested in learning, welcomed Italian scholars to the electorate, and strove to improve the education of his people.

In 1842 he was married to Adelaide, daughter of the Austrian Archduke Rainer, as the king desired at that time to improve his relations with Austria.

She could let this escalate or she could accept the fact that he was trying to improve.

I have another idea to improve this crap too.

Certainly it was the main reason she was trying to improve – to keep him interested.

Original releases came exclusively packaged in a highly distinctive, minimalist package to improve on the aesthetic.

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