The meaning of IMPROVE is to enhance in value or quality : make better. How to use improve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Improve.

IMPROVE definition: to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition. See examples of improve used in a sentence.

Phrasal verb improve on/upon something (Definition of improve from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

improve meaning, definition, what is improve: to make something better, or to become b...: Learn 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]

When you improve something, you make it better. For example, you can improve your harmonica playing with practice.

Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). Ameliorate, a formal word, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or …

To advance to a more desirable state: ameliorate, amend, better, help, meliorate, upgrade.

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improve on/upon [phrasal verb] improve on/upon (something) : to do better than (something previously done)