from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of unimproved.
adjective changed for the better.
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adjective that has been made better; enhanced
verb Simple past tense and past participle of improve.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
adjective become or made better in quality
adjective (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush
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Experiments with vertical mulches in gently sloping Vertisols in semiarid India have shown that sorghum stubble packed in trenches 15 cm (6 in) wide improved water infiltration and produced larger yields of grain and straw of an improved variety of sorghum, especially in years of drought. 26 Vertical mulch in trenches 30 cm (12 in) deep and 2 m (6.5 ft) apart gave 25 times more grain yield and 2 times more straw yield than the areas without vertical mulches in a very dry year.
In those days a gentleman with a military title improved upon the then popular list of contradictions by asserting that in Australia the compass points to the south, the valleys are cold, the mountain-tops warm, the eagles are white, and so on.
The government recently made what it describes as an improved offer to the unions, promising that public sector workers ten years away from retirement would not see any change to their pensions.
"Now the industry has finally got their act together," Morency said of what he calls improved networks among suppliers during the global shortage for Technetium-99, the favoured isotope for cancer and heart disease tests.
Since the WATCH was declared, regional water resource conditions have improved thanks to recent precipitation that resulted in improved stream flow levels throughout the Potomac River basin and to cooler weather that has reduced demands.
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