drastic improvement

collocation in English

meaningsofdrasticandimprovement

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drastic
adjective
uk
/ˈdræs.tɪk/us
/ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
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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 ofdrasticandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, there is a tremendous need for adrasticimprovementin the investment of social and industrial capital in the region.
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So far from worsening the present conditions, they are in need ofdrasticimprovement.
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How essential it is that we should ensure that effective anddrasticimprovementis made!
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That is that there is a need for adrasticimprovementin the incentives to effort, enterprise and individual industry.
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The airport needsdrasticimprovement.
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The need fordrasticimprovementin the conduct of their affairs by trade unions is obvious when one considers what happened on the day of action.
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This would be absolutely intolerable unless it were accompanied by adrasticimprovementin social benefits and the introduction of highly progressive taxation on both income and wealth.
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This is a very new area of research however, companies using social marketing intelligence have achieveddrasticimprovementin marketing campaigns.
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His first thirteen games after returning saw him go 11 for 33 at the plate, adrasticimprovementover the rest of the season.
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The new satellite towns became inhabited by worker and official families, who saw this as adrasticimprovementon the quality of living.
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He pitched to a 79 record with four complete games and three shutouts and showeddrasticimprovementin all aspects of his pitching.
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All of the students showeddrasticimprovementin their academic skills and tremendous motivation.
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Exploitation of more advanced approximation, solution, and integration techniques surely will lead to drastic improvements.
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The algorithm consistently displays drastic improvements over a global search with demonstrated effort reduction of up to six orders of magnitude.
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Drastic improvements in the regulations are urgently required.
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Drastic improvements are required in terms of their accommodation.
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I would nevertheless like to point out that we need to make drastic improvements to the way we use energy.
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We must make wholesale and drastic improvements in the future.
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First, there is an urgent reappraisal of our mental hospitals, secondly, an integrated imaginative community care programme, and thirdly, drastic improvements in the twilight areas.
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