to become better than before; to make sth/sb better than before:
[V] His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation. * The doctor says she should continue to improve (= after an illness). * I hope my French will improve when I go to France. * [VN] to improve efficiency / standards / conditions * The company needs to improve performance in all these areas. * I need to improve my French.
PHRASALVERBS
improve on / upon sth to achieve or produce sth that is of a better quality than sth else:
We've certainly improved on last year's figures.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for improve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is improve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, improve is tagged as verb.
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