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Synonyms for refine
rɪˈfaɪnre·fine
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
refine
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Synonyms:
afflict, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, soften, subdue, tryPreposition:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.
Princeton's WordNet
polish, refine, fine-tune, downverb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
Synonyms:
land, push down, pull down, polish up, round off, down, go through, elaborate, belt down, rarify, drink down, round, shoot down, cut down, complicate, kill, toss off, smoothen, calibrate, bolt down, rectify, shine, brush up, graduate, tweak, pour down, smooth, pop, devour, fine-tune, knock down, consume, polishcomplicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
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elaborate, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, complicate, enlargerefineverb
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
"refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
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rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefine, rectifyverb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
Synonyms:
elaborate, reclaim, right, regenerate, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, correct, rectify, reform, amend, remedy, complicate, repair, remediaterefineverb
attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
"many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefineverb
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
"refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tune
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refineverb
refineverb
Synonyms:
cultivate, polish, make elegantrefineverb
Synonyms:
become pure, be clarifiedrefineverb
Synonyms:
improve, make improvementrefineverb
Synonyms:
be over-nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refineverb
Synonyms:
purify, defecate, clarify, sublimate, subtilize, sublime, devulgarize, decrassify
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#234 | right | |
#311 | down | |
#684 | try | |
#773 | land | |
#1309 | round | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1965 | graduate | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4002 | improving | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9051 | shine | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#12155 | humble | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13640 | consume | |
#17245 | refining | |
#17439 | punish | |
#19308 | tweak | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#28390 | hone | |
#30385 | soften | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#34405 | calibrate | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36357 | purify | |
#43092 | devour | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#73447 | afflict | |
#75307 | expound | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#257374 | smoothen |
How to use refine in a sentence?
One of these underlying principles is to constantly refine what we are doing so that we can continue to enhance public safety in a thoughtful manner, we are now more than one year into his term, he has listened to community members, victims and colleagues. Based on everything we have learned we are rolling out these policy adjustments.
Screening guidelines will constantly change in response to the emergence of new evidence. This is a good thing. As we learn more, we can refine guidelines based on new information. That's why it's important to keep updating guidelines. Groups are asked to balance the risks and benefits of a screening test, ultimately, there is no perfect answer. Guideline groups must bring their own values into the recommendation. Breast cancer is a good example.
For some members this probably helps, but there a bunch of us who use this as guidance/suggestions for polling. And then refine a message that is better for our districts, the national leaders can do what they want. My job is to win and come back.
The defendants strongly believe that neither Cincinnati Public Schools, its employees, nor the school nurse were responsible for the tragic death of Gabriel Taye, cincinnati Public Schools embraces the goal of eliminating bullying within schools, as well as continuing to refine and improve reporting, management, and training processes related to incidents of bullying.
During this effort, CDFW will gather information and learn from scientific analysis to help inform and refine our bear management in the Lake Tahoe Basin. CDFW is not going to euthanize any bears that are trapped during this effort.
Translations for refine
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- refinarCatalan, Valencian
- kultivovat, vylepšovat, čistit, vyčistit, rafinovat, pročistitCzech
- rense, forfine, forbedre, raffinereDanish
- verfeinernGerman
- rafiniEsperanto
- refinar, perfeccionarSpanish
- hioa, jalostua, jalostaa, kehittää, puhdistaaFinnish
- השתבחHebrew
- finomítaniHungarian
- memperhalusIndonesian
- purificare, lucidare, migliorare, perfezionare, impreziosire, decantare, sgrossare, decontaminare, ripulire, raffinare, rifinireItalian
- whakaparakoreMāori
- raffinereNorwegian
- purificar, refinarPortuguese
- детализировать, очищать, совершенствоваться, уточнять, облагораживатьRussian
- förfina, raffineraSwedish
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