If you improve on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result. We need to improve on our performance against France. [VERB + on]
1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition; make better: improving one's health. 3. to increase the value of (real property) by betterments. 4. to increase in quality or value; become better. 5. to make improvements. im•prov`a•bil′i•ty, im•prov′a•ble•ness, n.
Definition of improve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). Ameliorate, a formal word, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions.
The word "improve" is a verb that signifies the process of making something better or enhancing its quality, performance, or condition. It is derived from the Latin word "improbare," which combines the prefix "in-" (meaning "not") and "probare" (meaning "to test" or "to prove").
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