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refine

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Understanding meaning

Refine means to improve the quality of something by removing some things or making small changes.

For example:

Computer experts said that it would be easy to refine their program by making some changes to make it more 'user friendly’.

Which words below are closest in meaning to refine? Choose the 3 correct answers.

to make better

to create

to take away things that lower the quality

to improve