refine

/rɪˈfaɪn/

意味: 洗練する、精製する

例文: Aki refined her painting technique.
　　  アキは絵の技法を洗練させた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: refine skills(スキルを磨く), refine process(プロセスを改善する), refine taste(味覚を洗練する)

定義: 何かをより良くするために改善したり、洗練したりすること。たとえば、技術や方法を改良して、より効果的にしたり、品質を向上させたりすることを指します。

refineは約500,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

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

感情グラフ: 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。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Verb: make more complex, intricate, or richer
Verb: treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
Verb: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Verb: attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
Verb: make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

We need to refine the design before the final presentation.(最終発表前にデザインを洗練する必要があります。)
She took a course to refine her writing skills.(彼女は文章力を磨くために講座を受けました。)
The chef will refine the recipe to enhance the flavor.(シェフは味を良くするためにレシピを改良します。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: refine one’s style of writing
Verb: refine a design or pattern
Verb: refine paper stock
Verb: refine pig iron
Verb: refine oil
Verb: refine sugar
Verb: many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
Verb: refine a method of analysis
Verb: refine the constant in the equation

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): complicate, down, elaborate, fine-tune, polish, rarify, rectify, refine

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attenuate, better, change, process, purify

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, advance, affect, age, agenize, air-condition, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, ammoniate, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, beneficiate, bestialize, better, bituminize, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, bromate, brutalize, bubble, build, build up, calcify, camp, camphorate, capture, carbonate, carboxylate, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chlorinate, chrome, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, condition, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, creosote, cry, curry, 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, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digest, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, dose, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, educate, embrittle, emend, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enhance, enrich, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fancify, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, fluoridate, freeze, frenchify, fructify, full, fumigate, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, help, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, iodize, ionate, iron out, irradiate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, malt, mark, masculinize, mechanize, mercerize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, nitrate, nitrify, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenate, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, perfect, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, polish, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, propagate, prostrate, purge, purify, put, radicalize, raise, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, relax, relieve, remodel, repair, restore, reverberate, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, run, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, scald, schematize, scramble, seed, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, sulphur, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tank, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn around, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, upgrade, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulcanize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): develop, educate, involve, overrefine, sophisticate

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: complication, elaboration, polish, rectification, refinement, refiner, refinery, refining

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): re

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive