(~s, improving, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it gets better.
Both the texture and condition of your hair should ~...
Time won’t ~ the situation...
VERB: V, V n
2.
If a skill you have ~s or you ~ a skill, you get better at it.
Their French has ~d enormously...
He said he was going to ~ his football.
VERB: V, V n
3.
If you ~ after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger.
He had ~d so much the doctor had cut his dosage.
= recover
VERB: V
4.
If you ~ on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result.
We need to ~ on our performance against France.
VERB: V on n