Improve and Shift

Improve

Improve verb - To make better.

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Shift and improve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a verb "Improve".

Shift verb - To pass from one form, state, or level to another.

Usage example: she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue

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Improve and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Improve" instead a verb "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

opinion	improve opinion	shift opinion
balance	improve balance	shift balance
position	improve position	shift position
body	improve body	shift body
Other words: appearance, aim, odds, time, speed, personality, world, bit, game, stats.

Genre Shift: Starts as sports movie about a woman trying to improve her life by becoming a boxer and ends as a massive Tear Jerker about assisted suicide.

Source: Film / Million Dollar Baby
Art Shift: One episode had the kids become part of a government experiment to see if getting rid of recess would improve standardized test scores.

Source: Western Animation / Recess
Symbolically of his dual nature (kind and ruthless and/or human and demon), he's a mode-shift Combat Medic; in Panacea mode, his healing abilities improve but he can't cast damage-dealing spells, whereas in Vengeance mode, he deals more damage but takes extra damage himself and can't be healed.

Source: Personality Powers

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