IMPROVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does improving mean? 

• IMPROVING (adjective)
  The adjective IMPROVING has 1 sense:

1. getting higher or more vigorous

  Familiarity information: IMPROVING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPROVING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Getting higher or more vigorous

Synonyms:

improving; up

Context example:

an improving economy

Similar:

rising (advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status)

 Context examples 

They found that adipsin had a long-term positive effect on diabetes, improving blood sugar and increasing insulin levels while helping to prevent beta cell death.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Because of its vasodilatory activity, this agent has been shown to improve the microcirculation in some tumors, thereby potentially improving the delivery of antineoplastic agents to tumor cells.

(Diltiazem Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

"We've done a good job of extending life span, but a poor job of extending our health span. We now see sleep, and improving sleep, as a new pathway for helping remedy that."

(Deep Sleep May Act as Fountain of Youth in Old Age, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Blood and urine samples showed vegetation boosted their blood vessels and heart health by reducing stress and improving air quality.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Upon intracoronary infusion after a myocardial infarction (MI), autologous bone marrow-derived CD34/CXCR4-positive stem cells may preserve cardiac muscle cells and prevent apoptosis; thus improving myocardial perfusion.

(Autologous Bone Marrow-derived CD34/CXCR4-positive Stem Cells AMR-001, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent is able to stimulate both PPAR alpha and gamma thereby further improving glucose homeostasis and reducing triglyceride (TG) and free fatty acid levels.

(Ertiprotafib, NCI Thesaurus)

Things were bad at this time last year but seem to be improving now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The researchers spent four years improving the sensitivity of their instruments and, using the new tools, collected the first biomarker record of the PETM from terrestrial core samples.

(Clues found on how soils may respond to climate change, National Science Foundation)

The researchers found that the treatment specifically eliminates the mutated mitochondrial DNA, and resulted in measures of heart metabolism improving.

(Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This study provides a pathway for improving predictions of future precipitation change.

(NASA Data Suggest Future May Be Rainier Than Expected, NASA)