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fund
Noun
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A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
GM cannot afford to keep paying into the company pension fund.
Our fund-raising campaign has a target of $100,000.
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An organisation's funds are the money that it has.
The school is raising funds to pay for the new library.
The sports centre closed because of a lack of funds.
fund
Verb
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If you fund something, you give it money for its activities.
The project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and the International Red Cross.
The university will no longer fund research into this drug.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
technological
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adjective
based in scientific and industrial progress
a technological civilization
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adjective
(= technical)
of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
technical college
technological development
improvement
Noun
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An improvement makes something better; it improves something.
The improvement of this entry was well done.
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Improvement is the state of being improved or bettered.
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An improvement is an increase, advance, or growth.