The meaning of IMPROVE is to enhance in value or quality : make better. How to use improve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Improve.

Phrasal verb improve on/upon something (Definition of improve from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

To advance to a more desirable state: ameliorate, amend, better, help, meliorate, upgrade.

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]

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 …

After months of study, I improved on my original score. It'll be hard to improve upon the success they had last year.

A drawing of a man pointing to a graphing showing an improvement in sales numbers. Improvement is the process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be better, usually by a change …

Some common synonyms of improve are ameliorate, better, and help. While all these words mean "to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard," improve and better are general and …

We're always looking for new ways to improve our services. Some wines improve with age. The situation should improve in the long term. The government started a campaign to improve standards in …

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