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improve

[im-proov] / ɪmˈpruv /


Usage

What are other ways to say improve? The verb improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). The more formal verb, ameliorate, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions. To better is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (as by gaining a higher salary).

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“He was the guy who would grind through that work, to get to that ability to improve something or learn something,” said Reissman, now an associate professor at the University of Dayton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The team also reported that the 2025 analysis did not properly account for the mass of host galaxies, a standard correction routinely used in modern cosmology to improve measurement accuracy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Wyatt-Hodge did drop two other tough chances later on but left-armer Kemp, only recently returning to bowling after a series of back issues, took three in four balls to improve a day even further.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In recent years, a United Nations peacekeeping mission, Rwandan troops and Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner group have helped to improve the Central African Republic's security situation.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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