Improvement
Nouns
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improvement
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amelioration, melioration
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betterment
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mend, amendment, emendation
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mending etc. v.
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advancement
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advance etc. (progress) [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression
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ascent etc. [Motion upwards] Ascent
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promotion, preferment
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elevation etc. Elevation
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increase etc. Increase
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cultivation, civilization
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culture, march of intellect
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menticulture
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race-culture, eugenics. reform, reformation
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revision, radical reform
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second thoughts, correction, refinement, elaboration
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purification etc. Cleanness
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oxidation
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repair etc. (restoration) Restoration
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recovery etc. Restoration. revise, new edition. reformer, radical.
Verbs
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improve
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be better, become better, get better
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mend, amend. advance etc. (progress) [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression
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ascend etc. [Motion upwards] Ascent
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increase etc. Increase
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fructify, ripen, mature
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pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn
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turn over a new leaf, turn the corner
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raise one's head, sow one's wild oats
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recover etc. Restoration. be better etc. adj., be improved by
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turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account
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profit by, reap the benefit of
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make good use of, make capital out of
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place to good account. render better, improve, mend, amend, better
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ameliorate, meliorate
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correct
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decrassify. improve upon, refine upon
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rectify
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enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten. promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance
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bring forward, bring on
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foster etc. Aid
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invigorate etc. (strengthen) [Degree of power.] Strength. touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up
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polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage
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prune
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repair etc. (restore) Restoration
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put in order etc. (arrange) [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement. review, revise
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make corrections, make improvements etc. n.
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doctor etc. (remedy) Remedy
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purify, c. Cleanness. relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit. reform, remodel, reorganize
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new model. view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. palliate, mitigate
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lessen an evil etc. Nonincrease, Decrease.
Adjectives
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improving etc. v.
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progressive, improved etc. v.
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better, better off, better for
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all the better for
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better advised. reformatory, emendatory
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reparatory etc. (restorative) Restoration
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remedial etc. Remedy. corrigible, improvable
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accultural.
Adverbs
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on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice