improvement project

collocation in English

meaningsofimprovementandproject

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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us
/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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project
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/us
/ˈprɑː.dʒekt/
a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofimprovementandprojectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimprovement project

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For this article, we analyzed data collected as part of a nursing-home-based qualityimprovementproject.
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During 2002–03, one processimprovementprojectwas active.
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The grant is one-third of the approved cost of theimprovementprojectand is strictly limited to improvement of premises already in use.
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Before any building orimprovementprojectcan go ahead, the support of all three sources is required.
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But at least up to now, when animprovementprojecthas found a place in tie programme, it has stayed there.
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Once theimprovementprojecthas suggested improvements, it will review the situation six or nine months later to see how local authorities have followed up the points that it made.
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We have animprovementprojecton order for new windows and are obviously very concerned as to where we would stand if the findings of the inspections are adverse.
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I mentioned theimprovementproject.
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The campusimprovementprojectalso includes a completely re-designed entryway to help patients get to the care they need, quickly and efficiently.
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In summer 2012, the city finished animprovementprojectthat included the installation of new sidewalks and more than five dozen trees around the building.
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As part of a roadway realignment andimprovementproject, the original structure was demolished in 1968, and replaced with a new structure in 1969.
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In 2009 work commenced on a $38 millionimprovementprojectfor the road which included adding street car tracks.
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It was not convicted, but ordered to pay $15,000 in costs and ordered to carry out a safetyimprovementproject.
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In 1889 some of the land was sold in connection with a roadimprovementproject, and some important graves had to be relocated.
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In 2011, it was announced that the parkland would undergo a major conservation andimprovementproject.
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Its most recentimprovementprojectis still in progress.
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The project was part of an $812,000 intersectionimprovementproject, which was to be completed that summer.
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Theimprovementprojectincluded both grading the road surface and upgrading the bridges along the route.
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Ironically, the roadimprovementprojectwhich contributed to this incident did not require the use of the entire area subject to the easement.
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The park is currently in the middle of a multi-yearimprovementproject.
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