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How to pronounce improve in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ameliorate, better, meliorate
Type of turn, change state
Has types fructify, upgrade, surge, straighten out, turn around, see the light, get over, recuperate, recover, pick up, bounce back, mend, heal, get well, reform, convalesce
Verb group better, ameliorate, amend, meliorate
Derivation improvement


The weather improved toward evening.
Type Words
Synonyms ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate
Type of alter, modify, change
Has types fine-tune, fix, develop, fructify, furbish up, condition, bushel, build up, help, hone, aid, iron out, lift, make pure, upgrade, mend, build, palliate, perfect, polish, prettify, purify, put right, raise, repair, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, alleviate, distill, doctor, advance, refine, reform, beautify, regenerate, relieve, down, restore, revitalize, assuage, straighten out, sublimate, touch on, turn around
Verb group better, meliorate, ameliorate
Derivation improvement, improver


The editor improved the manuscript with his changes.

Examples of improve

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Our football program is just one example of our efforts to improve in this area.
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Soldan won the Poplar Bluff Showdown last week to improve to 10-2 on the season.
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He's the type of kid you want to work with because he wants to improve his game.
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Beaumont said annexation would also improve city services, such as snow removal.
From the omaha.com
Administrators are considering various options to improve safety, Domkoski said.
From the thenewstribune.com
They can also be helpful to improve coordination and reduce your risk for falls.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Kramer relies on diet, exercise and two cheap medicines to improve her mobility.
From the bloomberg.com
The teams that do the best find players who will do what's necessary to improve.
From the denverpost.com
The award recognizes efforts to improve affordable housing access in the region.
From the dailynews.com
More examples
  • Better: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
  • (improved) made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed"
  • (improved) (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"
  • (improvement) a change for the better; progress in development
  • (improvement) the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"
  • (improving) getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
  • Improve means to make something better. It is also used in the names of: * Bread improver * Improver Corporation: Improver v Remington, a 1990 United Kingdom patent infringement law court case
  • To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something); to become better
  • (improved) something that has been made better; enhanced