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improver

American  
[im-proo-ver] / ɪmˈpru vər /

noun

  • improvers
    plural
  1. a person or thing that improves.

  2. a substance or agent added to improve a food, especially as a preservative.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of improver

First recorded in 1640–50; improve + -er 1


Example Sentences

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Badosa was overwhelmed by Qinwen Zheng, the 19-year-old rapid improver from China, 6-3, 6-2.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

Tesla founder Elon Musk makes a plausible argument that Tesla’s “Autopilot” is a net improver of safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2016

He proved he is hungry, a persistent improver and can handle the moment.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 5, 2012

He looks a likely improver too and I can see only the race-fit Fratellino challenging him.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2010

I passed of late through a richly-cultivated district of country, in which the agricultural improver had done his utmost.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson

The average price of fertilizer and soil improvers almost doubled in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2021, while energy and lubricant prices rose by 55.6%.

From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2022

Electronic music by Éliane Radigue will share space with a summit by two leading piano improvers, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020

Yes, more often than not those teams were fodder for the big guns, but they were improvers who delivered some of the World Cup’s greatest moments.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2019

A hardworking colt with 10 runs behind him already, he seems a known quantity and punters generally prefer major improvers when betting on Classics.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012

He sets out upon his first tour, announcing that he does not write for farmers, of whom not one in five thousand reads anything, but for the country-gentlemen, who are the great improvers.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Sir Leslie Stephen

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