improved transportation

collocation in English

meaningsofimproveandtransportation

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improve
verb[I or T]
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/ɪmˈpruːv/us
/ɪmˈpruːv/
to (cause something to) ...
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transportation
noun[U]
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/ˌtræn.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌtræn.spɚˈteɪ.ʃən/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofimproveandtransportationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although the villages in the area are still relatively isolated, theimprovedtransportationfacilities and telecommunications allow people to be better connected.
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Improvedtransportationfacilities aided growth.
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Improvedtransportationopened the township to development.
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Moreover, migration was significantly eased byimprovedtransportationtechniques.
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These landowners also reaped benefits fromimprovedtransportation.
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Moreover, migration was significantly made easier byimprovedtransportationtechniques.
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Improvedtransportationtechniques have meant that our food, for example, can come readily from any part of the world.
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This was in part facilitated byimprovedtransportationin the area.
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Improvedtransportationalso brought increased control of the trade and cheaper goods.
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First appointed in 1850, he became chairman in 1853, pushing forimprovedtransportation.
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Improvedtransportationfacilities, financed directly and indirectly by the coffee industry, fostered national development.
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While he continued to fight for free trade andimprovedtransportationhis financial situation deteriorated.
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He also promised animprovedtransportationsystem and more manufacturing to supplement the traditional agricultural economy.
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But cheap land,improvedtransportationand growth along the eastern seaboard led to a settlement boom.
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Improvedtransportationof fresh apples by train and road replaced the necessity for storage.
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In more recent times withimprovedtransportation, centralized and much larger elevators serve many farms.
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In modern times, withimprovedtransportationinfrastructure, there has been much intermarriage between these groups.
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The motor car andimprovedtransportationhas done much to make association easier, but there are times when the weather means that they lead fairly lonely lives.
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This combination of roadway and park, vistas andimprovedtransportationto privately owned land, was not a complete success.
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Travel to far corners of the earth was possible as never before because ofimprovedtransportationand communication.
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At this time, the city was growing rapidly due toimprovedtransportation: multiple railroads served the city, making it a fine site for commerce.
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As the economy on the mainland continued to improve as a result ofimprovedtransportationand increased settlement, other resource-based economic activity began to flourish.
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Through his engineering ingenuity, he greatlyimprovedtransportationfacilities, sanitary installations and water supply lines, lines of communication, housing accommodations, storehouses and dumps, docking facilities and dredging operations.
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After the canal was completed, the excess water once again turned the wheels of the mills and theimprovedtransportationsystem caused a surge in commercial activity in the village.
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