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IMPROVE

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improve verb A. tranzitiv

1. a ameliora, a îmbunătăţi, a face mai bun; a perfecţiona, a aduce îmbunătăţiri (unei invenţii); a hrăni, a cultiva (spiritul); a extinde, a lărgi, a spori, a îmbogăţi (cunoştinţele); a rafina (gustul); (agr.) a aduce îmbunătăţiri / ameliorări (solului);

nature is improved by art arta desăvârşeşte / perfecţionează natura;

to improve one's natural gifts by study a-şi desăvârşi înclinaţiile din naştere (fireşti) prin studii;

to improve an acquaintance a cultiva cunoştinţa cuiva.

2. a profita de, a trage foloase de pe urma; a avea foloase de pe urma (cu gen.), a folosi prilejul (cu gen.);

(fam.) to improve the occasion / the opportunity a se folosi de un prilej.

3. (amer.) a locui (o casă).

4. (înv.) a mustra, a dojeni, a dezaproba.

5. (înv.) a refuza, a respinge.

6. (fam.) to improve off a alunga, a goni, a izgoni.

improve verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se îmbunătăţi, a deveni mai bun, a se perfecţiona, a se desăvârşi;

to improve with use a se îmbunătăţi datorită uzului;

to improve on acquaintance a-şi dezvălui treptat calităţile pe măsură ce e cunoscut mai bine;

wine improves with age învechindu-se vinul se face mai bun;

he has greatly improved a făcut mari progrese, a progresat mult;

the situation has improved situaţia s-a ameliorat;

his health is improving starea sănătăţii lui se ameliorează / se îmbunătăţeşte;

she has greatly improved in looks s-a făcut mai frumoasă;

to improve in one's studies a înainta, a face progrese la învăţătură.

2. (com., despre preţuri) a se ridica, a creşte, a se urca;

to improve on / upon smb. a face mai bine decât cineva, a depăşi pe cineva;

to improve upon smth. a ameliora / a îmbunătăţi / a perfecţiona ceva;

to improve upon a tale a îmbogăţi o povestire; a înflora o povestire;

(com.) to improve on smb.'s offer a oferi mai mult decât cineva.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"I know what I mean, and you needn't be statirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary," returned Amy, with dignity.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

You’ve not had this help from Jupiter to improve your private home life in over a decade, so this energy will feel to be new.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

The Musgroves came back to receive their happy boys and girls from school, bringing with them Mrs Harville's little children, to improve the noise of Uppercross, and lessen that of Lyme.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

God help me, I might have been improved for my whole life, I might have been made another creature perhaps, for life, by a kind word at that season.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Willoughby, on his side, gave every proof of his pleasure in their acquaintance, which an evident wish of improving it could offer.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

There are medicines to help improve nerve-to-muscle messages and make muscles stronger.

(Myasthenia Gravis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

If other people think Sotherton improved, I have no doubt that you will.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

But I think Mr. Darcy improves upon acquaintance.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

I thought I would improve the occasion and learn something, so I asked him:—"What about the flies these times?"

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

In animal models, such modifications were associated with improved in vivo stability, oral bioavailability, and markedly decreased concentration-related adverse events that were common for the first generation of oligonucleotides and have been attributed to sequence-independent and sequence-specific effects.

(Mixed-Backbone Oligonucleotide, NCI Thesaurus)

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