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deu: verbessern
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(verb) to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
improve, meliorate, ameliorate, amend, better
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(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
recompense, compensate, repair, indemnify
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(verb) make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"
enhance
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(verb) make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
emend
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(verb) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
reform
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(verb) make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
perfect, hone
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(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
fix, bushel, furbish up, touch on, restore, doctor, repair, mend
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(verb) get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
meliorate, better, ameliorate, improve
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(verb) to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
upgrade
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(verb) give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
upgrade
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(verb) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
reform
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(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
adjust, correct, set
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(verb) get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
recover, recuperate, convalesce
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(verb) change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
see the light, straighten out, reform
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(verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
reclaim, reform, rectify, regenerate
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(verb) restrain
chasten, moderate, temper
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(verb) get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
upgrade
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(verb) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
correct, compensate, right, redress
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(verb) heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
mend, heal
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(verb) improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
pick up, turn around
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(verb) set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
rectify, remediate, repair, amend, remedy
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