verb
- To make better.
- usage: "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
- synonyms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
- Get better.
- usage: "The weather improved toward evening"
- synonyms: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
adjective
- Made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing.
- usage: "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed"
- Become or made better in quality.
- usage: "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder"
- Of land. ( made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush)
- usage: "improved farmlands"
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