IMPROVE


Meaning of IMPROVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmpru:v ]

( improves, improving, improved)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better.

Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve...

Time won’t improve the situation...

VERB : V , V n

2.

If a skill you have improves or you improve a skill, you get better at it.

Their French has improved enormously...

He said he was going to improve his football.

VERB : V , V n

3.

If you improve after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger.

He had improved so much the doctor had cut his dosage.

= recover

VERB : V

4.

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 : V on n

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