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.
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 or addition that improves. The concept of improvement is important to governments and businesses, as well as to individuals.
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).
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").
Definition of improve. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
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.
