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)
Maybe we'll buy a house when our financial situation improves. Her writing has improved since the beginning of the school year. The company has been having steadily improving sales. After months of study, I improved on my original score. It'll be hard to improve upon the success they had last year. The campaign resulted in greatly improved sales.
Definition of improve verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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, ameliorate, better imply bringing to a more desirable state. Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge).
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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 interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad.