improve

/ɪmˈpruːv/

to make something better

She wants to improve her English skills.

She wants to make her English skills better.

general

to make something better or more effective

Regular exercise can improve your health.

Regular exercise can make your health better.

The new software will improve the system's performance.

The new software will make the system's performance better.

Can be used with both tangible and intangible things.

Collocations

improve performancemake something work betterimprove skillsbecome better at somethingimprove conditionsmake living or working conditions better

to do better than something already existing

to get better at a specific skill or area

Remember common phrases like 'improve performance', 'improve skills', and 'improve conditions'.

'Improve' is a regular verb. Its past tense and past participle are 'improved'.

From Middle English 'improven', from Old French 'amprover', from Latin 'improbare' meaning 'to prove, approve'.

Often used with 'on' (improve on) or 'in' (improve in). Can be followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form).

im-

in, into

prefix

-prove

to prove or test

root

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