vast improvement

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandimprovement

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vast
adjective
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/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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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 ofvastandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvast improvement

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This is avastimprovementover previous versions, in which the only option for time-dependent triggering was the use of delays, which makes a heavy demand on processor time.
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I and many other people thought that rational expectations ruled out multiple equilibria; that was one reason that we regarded rational expectations as avastimprovementover adaptive ones.
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This depended for its effectiveness on avastimprovementin water supply in order both to -ush the system out and meet increasing consumer demand for water.
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I suggest that this would be avastimprovementin this building.
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That too is avastimprovement.
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That is avastimprovementon previous statistics and those children reap the benefit and get into the habit of cycling.
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This legislation, therefore, is not avastimprovement.
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I am bound to say there has been avastimprovementin the last month or two.
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An accessions tax would be avastimprovementon what we have now.
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That would be avastimprovementon the present, hopelessly fragmented approach to maternity care.
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This is avastimprovementon the tenuous assistance which the voluntary bodies were previously able to give to the discharged prisoner.
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They are avastimprovementon what had gone before.
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It is also avastimprovementon what many children in care currently have.
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I am pleased to say that the audits show avastimprovement.
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We have created a car manufacturing base that is avastimprovementon that of the past.
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The situation now is avastimprovementfor the vast majority of people.
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We were looking for avastimprovementin the mechanisms for local government funding, reflecting need rather than proceeding on the current formulaic basis.
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I have no doubt that both the alternatives before us would be avastimprovementon what we have at present.
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There are not many signs of avastimprovement.
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There has been avastimprovementin the industrial relations record, as measured through days lost because of strikes.
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