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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
improved
adj 1: made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially
made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are
springing up on an improved tract of land near the
river"; "an improved breed" [ant: unimproved]
2: become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved
grades"; "an improved viewfinder"
3: (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by
clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
Approve, Prove.]
1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
land. --Donne.
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by
impairing that of the dead. --Denham.
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2. 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. --Shak.
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We shall especially honor God by improving
diligently the talents which God hath committed to
us. --Barrow.
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
and improved. --Addison.
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
--Blackstone.
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts.
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Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
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True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington.
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3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
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We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
Porteus.
Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: built,
reinforced; {cleared, tilled ; developed; {grade ;
{graded, graveled ] Also See: restored.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
[WordNet 1.5]
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Thesaurus Results for Improved:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
advanced, altered, ameliorated, beautified, better, bettered, changeable, changed, civilized, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate, developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced, enriched, metamorphosed, metastasized, modified, mutant, perfected, polished, qualified, rebuilt, refined, reformed, renewed, revived, revolutionary, subversive, transfigured, transformed, translated, transmuted, unmitigated, worse |
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Common Misspellings > |
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