improve
Meaning
- To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- To become better.
- (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
- (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
- To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
Concepts
improve
get better
ameliorate
better
amend
reform
enhance
make better
correct
refine
develop
perfect
advance
meliorate
recover
upgrade
repair
mend
progress
become better
revise
heal
rectify
increase
pick up
make progress
make good
adjust
enrich
fix
convalesce
strengthen
be better
touch up
update
prosper
cure
fertilize
boost
ennoble
polish
change
purify
treat well
transform
rise
raise
elevate
cultivate
grow
grow stronger
hone
𐐮𐑋𐐹𐑉𐐭𐑂
grease
manure
remedy
augment
gain
change into
be reduced
influence
rally
edit
mitigate
reinforce
look up
promote
innovate
modernize
decorate
flourish
heighten
gentrify
renew
rebuild
proofread
scan
clear up
polish up
help
retrofit
move forward
thrive
turn around
recuperate
good
modify
take a turn for the better
become stronger
revamp
free
liberate
release
amplify
escalate
magnify
supplement
cheer up
emerge
pop up
exalt
civilize
educate
enlighten
humanize
instruct
socialize
sophisticate
be great
edify
surpass
uplift
make improvements
reshape
transmogrify
bless
cleanse ritually
refresh
convert into
become opened up
accrue
appreciate
be offered
be promoted
call on
climb up
enter
go up
convert to
become successful
make it
abate
alleviate
assuage
ease
let up
remit
add to
lift
make an adjustment
dress up
prepare
broaden
alter
ease up
climb to
make oneself better
to be better
allay
moderate
not so bad
enlarge
expand
modernise
complete
sharpen
upswing
perk
rationalize
red-pencil
up
reprocess
benefit
get on
feed up
foster
raise the standard of
re-educate
remould
arrange
fold
become healthy
reconcile
improvement
modification
insure
revive
do good
relieve
remediate
review
get over
rehabilitate
skin over
snap back
elaborate
proceed
build
make rich
get stronger
put right
process
change for the better
evolve
honed
put in order
dramatize
intensify
get well
finalize
work further
perfect oneself
betterment
reformation
become good
pass
sanitise
fine-tune
recure
unbreak
consummate
embellish
liven
unbend
offer
remodel
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpɹuːv/
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
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