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say it: im-PROOVD
improved is an adjective meaning "made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing". It carries 3 recorded senses.
made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
“new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river”
“an improved breed”
become or made better in quality
“was proud of his improved grades”
“an improved viewfinder”
(of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush
“improved farmlands”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for improved come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.