major improvement

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandimprovement

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/
us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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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(Definition ofmajorandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, the key finding of remarkably rapidmajorimprovementremains important and unique.
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It is not clear if this is amajorimprovement, but the enterprise was operating well before privatisation.
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This is amajorimprovementin the incorporation of pollution in economywide modelling.
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The author believes that these will constitute, in the near future, amajorimprovementin the way knowledge is captured, structured, shared and reused.
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Second, although this study is fiercely critical of several municipal health policies, the fact remains that the period saw amajorimprovementin population health.
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Onemajorimprovementis that a health care professional now visits the village once each week.
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Itsmajorimprovementover the phonograph was that it "incised" in wax rather than "indented" in tin-foil, which they believed provided greater technical fidelity.
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However, amajorimprovementcould be achieved by bringing together all the various programmes under one service that is offered to all youth.
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Yet the care for end-of-life conditions in elderly people still needsmajorimprovement.
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Themajorimprovementin breast simulator sessions obtained with the new technique is a result of better definition of the treatment volume at the start of the process.
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The drip oviposition method is amajorimprovementon water immersion as shown by increased response rates, reduction in retained eggs and increased egg viability and batch size.
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The buildings will be amajorimprovementon the present cramped and unsatisfactory working and living conditions and totally inadequate visa-issuing facilities.
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Threemajorimprovementschmes totalling another 16 miles are under construction.
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Of this £562m will be spent onmajorimprovementschemes.
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I regard that as amajorimprovement.
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It would be amajorimprovementin our international economic position.
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Is she aware that noise reduction measures in such villages can make amajorimprovementin people's lives?
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I am confident that the proposed new framework will be amajorimprovement.
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A furthermajorimprovementcosting an estimated £4 million is currently under construction.
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The previously programmed investment inmajorimprovementand new construction schemes in 1967–68 has been reduced by £400,000.
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