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Meaning and definition for "improve" word
[verb] to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
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\Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See {Approve}, {Prove.}] 1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. --Donne. I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. --Denham. 2. 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. --Shak. We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. --Barrow. A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. --Addison. The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity. --Blackstone. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts. Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon. True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington. 3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [R.] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp. Porteus. Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.
\Im*prove"\, v. i. 1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. --Atterbury. 2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse. ``Domitain improved in cruelty.'' --Milner. 3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. {To improve on} or {upon}, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
Synonyms for improve
ameliorate, better, meliorate
Antonyms: aggravate, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen
See also: beautify | bounce back | change state | distill | down | embellish | enrich | fine-tune | fix | heal | lift | make pure | mend | palliate | pick up | purify | put right | recuperate | refine | sublimate |
Related terms: amend, be converted into, be renewed, best, better, break, cash in on, correct, culminate, exceed, forward, foster, go one better, go straight, haul around, illumine, improve upon, modernize, predominate, preponderate, realign, redeem, show improvement, take advantage of, take off, top, transfigure, turn aside, turn upside down, upgrade
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Let's analyse "improve" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVORPMI. Average typing speed for these characters is 1840 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
improve: 9 + 6 + 5 = 20, reduced: 2 . and the final result is Two. |
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