to refine
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4.0
- verb
- /rɪˈfaɪn/
:
refinar
- After receiving feedback, they worked to refine their proposal to make it more compelling.
- further refine
- develop and refine
- help refine
Like we need to refine some terms here.
- Like we need to refine some terms here.
- You need to refine and develop them.
- That's our starting clue, but we adapt and we refine as the evidence accrues.
- How often are you twiddling the dials and refining this and tweaking this?
- Will there be encouragement to refine certain things?
- And it refines beliefs for each state.
- We can take what religion was offering and refine it.
- And then over time it refines into this.
Examples
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Students frequently need to revisit and refine skills as they develop their research and their thinking.
Academic text (2015) -
More specifically, free improvisation helps refine students' listening skills and thus their musicianship.
Academic text (2013) -
And then we can help refine some of the strategy around it.
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We can use the other rules to refine our options further.
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You need to refine and develop them.
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And yes, awesome, let's refine some of these lines, shall we?
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As more data become available, the existing classifier model can be refined to increase the classification accuracy.
Academic text (2017) -
Studies on microRNAs in comparative bird development will help to refine our understanding of these molecules.
Academic text (2008) -
In week 13, students present the third deliverable, a refined MVP along with customer feedback.
Academic text (2017) -
That's our starting clue, but we adapt and we refine as the evidence accrues.
Synonyms
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4.0
Make something better or more attractive
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3.2
Make small changes to something to make it more useful
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3.4
Change a piece of writing to correct mistakes and make it better
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3.9
To make small changes to a document, for example a law or statement, to correct mistakes
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3.8
To make small changes to improve something
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4.0
To change something again to make it better
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3.1
To make an idea, image, or argument clearer and more precise
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4.2
To make small changes so something works better
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4.1
To make something better by small changes
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3.8
Make small changes to something to improve how it looks
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6.1
Express ideas in a new or better way
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3.5
Make something better by practicing or fixing it
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8.6
To make something more refined or better in quality
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4.4
To make something better by fixing small problems
Improve writing or a presentation by making small changes
Antonyms
How Refined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Refine comes from the parts re- 'again' and fine 'good' or 'pure', so it carries the idea of making something 'good again'. That's why to refine a design or idea means to make small, careful changes to make it clearer and better.