Improving

//ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of improve form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).

    "1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric[hard] Davis, Essay 1, p. 2, […] that Diviner part of Man, the Soule, which alone is capable of wearing the Glorious Image of its Author, being endowed with two chief Faculties, the Understanding and the Will; the former is blest and perfectionated by Knowledg, and the latter’s Loveliest and most improving property is Goodnesse."

Adjective
  1. 1
    getting higher or more vigorous wordnet

Synonyms

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battleedifyingedifyinglooking upmendmending

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"Improving corporate performances are behind the stock market recovery."

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