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ausbessern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  • revamp verb To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).

Senses

ausbessern is used for these senses in English:

  • amend (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
  • fix up (transitive) To repair or refurbish.
  • revamp (transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]

amend — full definition

  1. verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  2. verb To improve or correct something more generally.

correct — full definition

  1. adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  2. verb To fix an error or make something right.

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