'To improve.'的English词汇
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verb
- To improve.
- (psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
- (optometry) To increase a correction.
- (homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
- (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
- (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
- To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
- (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
adj
- Being positive rather than negative or zero.
- (physics) Electrically positive.
- (postpostitive, informal) And more.
- Positive, or involving advantage.
- (postpositive, somewhat informal) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
- involving advantage or good
- on the positive side or higher end of a scale
conj
noun
prep
verb
- improve; change for the better
- improve the condition of
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
intj
noun
- An improvement.
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
verb
- improve dramatically
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
- (transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
- (transitive, idiomatic, of an idea) To consider from a different viewpoint.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
- (transitive, business, management, sports) To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
- (ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
- (transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
noun
verb
adj
- comparative form of well: more well
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Greater in amount or quantity
- comparative form of good: more good
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
- (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- more than half
- (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
- (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
adv
noun
prep_phrase
verb
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- lift out or reflect from a background
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- gather or collect
- register (perceptual input)
- take and lift upward
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- meet someone for sexual purposes
- take into custody
- gain or regain energy
- buy casually or spontaneously
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- take up by hand
- get in addition, as an increase
- (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
- (intransitive) To restart or resume.
- (sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To reach and continue along (a road).
- (transitive) To record; to notch up.
- (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
- (transitive) To reduce the despondency of.
- (transitive) To take control (physically) of something.
- (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
- (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
- (soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
- (transitive) To pay for.
- (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
- (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- (transitive) To collect a passenger.
- (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
- (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
noun
noun
- Something which is improved
- the act of improving something
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- a condition superior to an earlier condition
- a change for the better; progress in development
verb
- see one's performance improve
- rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- rise or move forward
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- rise rapidly
- (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
- (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
- (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
noun
- a sudden forceful flow
- a large sea wave
- a sudden or abrupt strong increase
- (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
- (US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
- (aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
- A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
verb
noun
noun
- the result of improving something
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
noun
- the result of improving something
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A luxury.
adj
- (by extension) Improved.
- (US, chiefly New England, slang) Excited.
- (US, naval slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- (horse racing, cant) Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament.
- (road transport, slang) Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance.
verb
verb
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
adj
- Pertaining to progress or improvement.
- Pertaining to an increase in clarity and understanding.
- Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending.
- (astronomy) Pertaining to right ascension and/or oblique ascension.
- Pertaining to an increase in status or power.
- Pertaining to the achievement of a higher spiritual state.
- tending to rise
adj
- susceptible to improvement or reform
- able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
- recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
- Susceptible to correction or reform.
- (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
- Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
noun
noun
adj
- Able to repair or ameliorate.
- (linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
- tending to ameliorate
verb
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- change for the better
- produce by cracking
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- break up the molecules of
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
noun
verb
noun
- Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
- a movement forward
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- gradual improvement or growth or development
verb
verb
noun
verb
- improve in health
- to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- travel across or pass over
- (slang, intransitive, transitive) To use a drug one is addicted to; to provide an addict with a dose.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on; to calm down regarding something.
- (slang, intransitive) To impress someone; to achieve a goal; to be successful.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To recover (from).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To successfully communicate; to get across.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate (someone); to get around (someone); to improve one's own standing at another's expense.
- (professional wrestling slang) To establish a connection with the audience as a character or faction.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To overcome.
- (slang, intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To have sex.
verb
verb
- To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
- To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
- To add fuel to (a fire).
- To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
- In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).
- To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- (chiefly Scotland) To become morally improved or reformed.
- Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
- Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
- (archaic except UK, regional) To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
- heal or recover
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
noun
- (uncountable) Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness.
- (countable) An act of repairing.
- (countable) A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired.
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- the act of putting something in working order again
noun
- (countable) Something that is in the process of improving.
- (uncountable, accounting) A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process.
- (uncountable) Work that has been started, but is not complete.
- (countable) A project that has been started but is not complete.
- a piece of work that is not yet finished
noun
- the act of improving by renewing and restoring
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite.
- A major repair, renovation, or revision.
verb
- travel past
- make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
- To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
- (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
- To pass, overtake, or travel past.
- (firefighting) To carry out an overhaul.
- (transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
verb
- change for the better
- make straight
- put (things or places) in order
- settle or put right
- extricate from entanglement
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
- (transitive) To make straight.
- (transitive, Mafia slang) To be made a made man in a Mafia organization.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
- (transitive, informal) To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual.
verb
- (intransitive) To improve after decline.
- (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- (transitive, colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
- (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
- (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- make taut or tauter
- become taut or tauter
adj
- Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
- Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
- Fixed (in opinion).
- Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
- Durable, rigid (material state).
- Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
- strong and sure
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
- not subject to revision or change
- securely established
- securely fixed in place
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
noun
adv
intj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.
- (aviation) To zoom climb.
- To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
- To move rapidly.
- To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
- (photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
- To move fast with a humming noise.
- To go up sharply.
- move along very quickly
- move with a low humming noise
- rise rapidly
noun
- An improvement.
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
noun
- Something which is improved
- the act of improving something
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- a condition superior to an earlier condition
- a change for the better; progress in development
noun
- the result of improving something
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
noun
- the result of improving something
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A luxury.
noun
adj
- Able to repair or ameliorate.
- (linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
- tending to ameliorate
noun
- (countable) Something that is in the process of improving.
- (uncountable, accounting) A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process.
- (uncountable) Work that has been started, but is not complete.
- (countable) A project that has been started but is not complete.
- a piece of work that is not yet finished
noun
- the act of improving by renewing and restoring
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite.
- A major repair, renovation, or revision.
verb
- travel past
- make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
- To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
- (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
- To pass, overtake, or travel past.
- (firefighting) To carry out an overhaul.
- (transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
verb
- To improve.
- (psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
- (optometry) To increase a correction.
- (homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
- (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
- (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
- To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
- (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
adj
- Being positive rather than negative or zero.
- (physics) Electrically positive.
- (postpostitive, informal) And more.
- Positive, or involving advantage.
- (postpositive, somewhat informal) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
- involving advantage or good
- on the positive side or higher end of a scale
conj
noun
prep
verb
- improve; change for the better
- improve the condition of
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
intj
verb
- improve dramatically
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
- (transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
- (transitive, idiomatic, of an idea) To consider from a different viewpoint.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.
- (transitive, business, management, sports) To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.
- (ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
- (transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
noun
verb
adj
- comparative form of well: more well
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Greater in amount or quantity
- comparative form of good: more good
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
- (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- more than half
- (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
- (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
adv
noun
verb
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- lift out or reflect from a background
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- gather or collect
- register (perceptual input)
- take and lift upward
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- meet someone for sexual purposes
- take into custody
- gain or regain energy
- buy casually or spontaneously
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- take up by hand
- get in addition, as an increase
- (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
- (intransitive) To restart or resume.
- (sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To reach and continue along (a road).
- (transitive) To record; to notch up.
- (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
- (transitive) To reduce the despondency of.
- (transitive) To take control (physically) of something.
- (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
- (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
- (soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
- (transitive) To pay for.
- (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
- (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- (transitive) To collect a passenger.
- (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
- (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
noun
verb
- see one's performance improve
- rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- rise or move forward
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- rise rapidly
- (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
- (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
- (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
noun
- a sudden forceful flow
- a large sea wave
- a sudden or abrupt strong increase
- (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
- (US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
- (aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
- A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
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noun
verb
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
verb
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- change for the better
- produce by cracking
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- break up the molecules of
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
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verb
noun
- Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
- a movement forward
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- gradual improvement or growth or development
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verb
noun
verb
- improve in health
- to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- travel across or pass over
- (slang, intransitive, transitive) To use a drug one is addicted to; to provide an addict with a dose.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on; to calm down regarding something.
- (slang, intransitive) To impress someone; to achieve a goal; to be successful.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To recover (from).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To successfully communicate; to get across.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate (someone); to get around (someone); to improve one's own standing at another's expense.
- (professional wrestling slang) To establish a connection with the audience as a character or faction.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To overcome.
- (slang, intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To have sex.
verb
verb
- To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
- To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
- To add fuel to (a fire).
- To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
- In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).
- To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- (chiefly Scotland) To become morally improved or reformed.
- Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
- Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
- (archaic except UK, regional) To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
- heal or recover
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
noun
- (uncountable) Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness.
- (countable) An act of repairing.
- (countable) A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired.
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- the act of putting something in working order again
verb
- change for the better
- make straight
- put (things or places) in order
- settle or put right
- extricate from entanglement
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
- (transitive) To make straight.
- (transitive, Mafia slang) To be made a made man in a Mafia organization.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
- (transitive, informal) To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual.
verb
- (intransitive) To improve after decline.
- (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- (transitive, colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
- (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
- (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- make taut or tauter
- become taut or tauter
adj
- Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
- Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
- Fixed (in opinion).
- Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
- Durable, rigid (material state).
- Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
- strong and sure
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
- not subject to revision or change
- securely established
- securely fixed in place
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
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adv
adj
- (by extension) Improved.
- (US, chiefly New England, slang) Excited.
- (US, naval slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- (horse racing, cant) Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament.
- (road transport, slang) Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance.
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adj
- Pertaining to progress or improvement.
- Pertaining to an increase in clarity and understanding.
- Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending.
- (astronomy) Pertaining to right ascension and/or oblique ascension.
- Pertaining to an increase in status or power.
- Pertaining to the achievement of a higher spiritual state.
- tending to rise
adj
- susceptible to improvement or reform
- able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
- recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
- Susceptible to correction or reform.
- (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
- Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.