improved

/ɪmˈpruːvd/

意味: 改善した、上達した

例文: Lena’s singing has clearly improved.
　　  レナの歌は明らかに上達した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: improved performance(改善されたパフォーマンス), improved quality(改善された品質), improved design(改善されたデザイン)

定義: 何かがより良くなった状態を指します。以前よりも良い状態や性能になったことを表します。例えば、技術や製品、スキルなどが向上した場合に使われます。

improvedは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: to make better
Verb: get better
Adjective: made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
Adjective: become or made better in quality
Adjective: (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She improved her skills through daily practice.(彼女は毎日の練習で技術が向上した。)
The weather has improved since morning.(朝から天気が良くなった。)
Our sales improved after the new campaign.(新しいキャンペーン後に売上が改善した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Verb: The weather improved toward evening
Adjective: new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river
Adjective: an improved breed
Adjective: was proud of his improved grades
Adjective: an improved viewfinder
Adjective: improved farmlands

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): ameliorate, amend, better, improve, improved, meliorate

Antonyms(反意語): unimproved, worsen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, change state

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, acidify, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, alkalize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, be born, become, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, burn, calcify, calm, camp, capture, carbonize, carnify, catalyze, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chondrify, circularize, citrate, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, close, clot, cloud, cloud over, coarsen, cohere, coke, color, come to, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, conceive, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cross-fertilize, cry, curdle, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, denitrify, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disengage, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dress, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, emaciate, emancipate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, equilibrate, eroticize, erupt, esterify, estrange, etherealize, etherify, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, explode, extend, exteriorize, fall, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, fluctuate, freeze, frenchify, full, gain, gelatinize, get into, get worse, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, homogenize, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, integrate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, open, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overgrow, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, precipitate, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, react, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, secularize, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sorb, sour, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin, think, thrive, thrombose, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wake up, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen, zonk out

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): advance, build, build up, condition, educate, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, fructify, get well, heal, help, iron out, mend, perfect, polish, purify, raise, recuperate, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, surge, turn around, upgrade

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: amelioration, ameliorative, amelioratory, amendable, better, betterment, improvement, improver, melioration, meliorative

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): im

Suffixes(接尾辞): ed

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive