Definitions for improve
ɪmˈpruvim·prove

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate(verb)

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate(verb)

   get better

   "The weather improved toward evening"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. improve(Verb)

   to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something)

2. improve(Verb)

   to become better

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Improve(verb)

   to disprove or make void; to refute

2. Improve(verb)

   to disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence

3. Improve(verb)

   to make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land

4. Improve(verb)

   to use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means

5. Improve(verb)

   to advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad

6. Improve(verb)

   to grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health

7. Improve(verb)

   to advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse

8. Improve(verb)

   to increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves

Origin: [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L. improbare, F. improuver.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Improve

   im-prōōv′, v.t. to make better: to advance in value or excellence: to correct: to employ to good purpose.—v.i. to grow better: to make progress: to increase: to rise (as prices).—ns. Improvabil′ity, Improv′ableness.—adj. Improv′able, able to be improved.—adv. Improv′ably.—ns. Improve′ment, the act of improving: advancement or progress: increase, addition; Improv′er, one who improves: a pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.—pr.p. and adj. Improv′ing, tending to cause improvement.—adv. Improv′ingly.—Improve on, or upon, to bring to a better state by addition or amendment; Improve the occasion, to point out a moral from some event that has just occurred. [A variant of approve.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'improve' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1697

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'improve' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1700

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'improve' in Verbs Frequency: #208

How to pronounce improve ?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of improve in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of improve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of improve in a Sentence

1. Cary Grant:

   I improve on misquotation.

2. Field Marshall John French:

   To compare is not to improve.

3. Gerson Alcantara:

   That will only improve things for the rich.

4. Jorge Luis Borges:

   Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

5. Vikrant Parsai:

   First improve yourself, and then judge others.

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