"forbedre" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Danish]

Etymology: From for- + bedre, after Middle Low German vorbeteren. Etymology templates: {{pre|da|for|bedre}} for- + bedre, {{der|da|gml|vorbeteren}} Middle Low German vorbeteren Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|forbedr|infinitive|at forbedre|present tense|forbedrer|past tense|forbedrede|perfect tense|forbedret|f1request=1|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} forbedre (imperative forbedr, infinitive at forbedre, present tense forbedrer, past tense forbedrede, perfect tense forbedret), {{da-verb|forbedr|forbedre|forbedrer|ede||et}} forbedre (imperative forbedr, infinitive at forbedre, present tense forbedrer, past tense forbedrede, perfect tense forbedret) Forms: forbedr [imperative], at forbedre [infinitive], forbedrer [present], forbedrede [past], forbedret [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], forbedre [active, infinitive], forbedres [infinitive, passive], forbedrer [active, present], forbedres [passive, present], forbedrede [active, past], forbedredes [passive, past], forbedr [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], forbedrende [participle, present], (have /havde /er /var) forbedret [participle, past], forbedren [gerund, participle]
  1. to improve, better Synonyms: bedre
    Sense id: en-forbedre-da-verb-HUGwbpvn Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Danish terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 62 38 Disambiguation of Danish terms prefixed with for-: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 22 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 22 26 22
  2. (reflexive) to improve oneself Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-forbedre-da-verb-5QE7effg Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 22 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 22 26 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forbedring

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: forbedr [imperative], forbedre [imperative], forbedrer [present], forbedra [participle, past], forbedra [past], forbedret [participle, past], forbedret [past]
Etymology: From for- + bedre, after Middle Low German vorbeteren. Etymology templates: {{prefix|nb|for|bedre}} for- + bedre, {{der|nb|gml|vorbeteren}} Middle Low German vorbeteren Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|forbedr|or|forbedre|present tense|forbedrer|simple past and past participle|forbedra|or|forbedret}} forbedre (imperative forbedr or forbedre, present tense forbedrer, simple past and past participle forbedra or forbedret)
  1. to improve (make something better)
    Sense id: en-forbedre-nb-verb-g-km0cqo Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 22 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 22 26 22
  2. (reflexive) to improve oneself [with seg] Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-forbedre-nb-verb-5QE7effg Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 22 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 22 26 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forbedring Related terms: forbedret [adjective], forbetra, forbetre [Nynorsk]

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "[with seg]",
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            "words": [
              "seg"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to improve oneself [with seg]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forbedre"
}

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