improveverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv/us/ɪmˈpruːv/A2 to (cause something to) get better:
He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers.
I thought the best way to improve my French was to live in France.
Her health has improved dramatically since she started on this new diet.
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- Some athletes take drugs to improve their performance.
- This wine will improve with age.
- Studies suggest that regular intake of the vitamin significantly improves brain function.
- My quality of life has improved tremendously since I moved to the country.
- Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you'll see how much you've improved.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- pickup
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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Making things better
Phrasal verb(s)
improve on/upon sth