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Synonyms for improve
ɪmˈpruvim·prove
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Wiktionary
improveverb
to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something)
Synonyms:
batten, better, enhance, ameliorateimproveverb
to become better
Synonyms:
ameliorate, enhance, better, battenAntonyms:
worsen
English Synonyms and Antonyms
improve
To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repairAntonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb
to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
Synonyms:
better, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectifybetter, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb
get better
"The weather improved toward evening"
Synonyms:
better, ameliorate, meliorate, break, amend
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
improveverb
Synonyms:
amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make betterimproveverb
Synonyms:
use, make use of, turn to account, avail one's self ofimproveverb
Synonyms:
make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productiveimproveverb
Synonyms:
apply practically (as the doctrines of a discourse)improveverb
Synonyms:
mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick upimproveverb
Synonyms:
make progress, take a step forwardimproveverb
Synonyms:
(Com.) increase, rise, be enhanced
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
improveverb
Synonyms:
amend, ameliorate, rectify, better, mend, utilize, use, gain, get betterimproveverb
Antonyms:
deteriorate, decline, degenerate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "improve":
improving, enhance, improvement, improved, enhancing, improvements, increase, better, upgrade, strengthen, ameliorate, enhancement, upgrading, refine, enhanced, raise, improves, increasing, raising, betterment, strengthening, boost, améliorer, advancement
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#495 | better | |
#985 | increase | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1618 | break | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1847 | correct | |
#2088 | upgrade | |
#2173 | improvement | |
#2790 | increasing | |
#2863 | improved | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3861 | improvements | |
#3962 | enhanced | |
#4002 | improving | |
#4894 | boost | |
#5019 | raising | |
#5397 | refine | |
#6534 | enhancement | |
#7436 | amend | |
#7738 | strengthen | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8704 | enhancing | |
#9532 | upgrading | |
#9793 | advancement | |
#9971 | strengthening | |
#10144 | improves | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#33156 | mend | |
#36357 | purify | |
#45588 | betterment | |
#45627 | batten | |
#60127 | ameliorate | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#153865 | emend |
How to use improve in a sentence?
Production outlook to the year end may be lower than 43 cargoes, we will continue to monitor price, which may improve toward the winter time.
Really positive data trends, improvement in the labor market, signs that improve the confidence and the expectation that inflation will move back to 2 percent - I mean could imagine that constellation of data coming in, whether before June or meetings right after that too, but that would require the data to be good.
When we tried to implement corporatisation of ports, the trade unions raised objections. Some political parties tried to make mileage out of it, disregarding national interest and development, we have decided that instead of making them corporate bodies, we will change existing laws, and see what else we can do in other areas to improve efficiency.
Measure your heart rate, race against others in the class, improve your jump height, your spring, your tennis serve. You name it, there is a specialized program for it.
What we are hoping for with this device is to find a treatment for movement disorders where Levodopa, Parkinson's disease where Levodopa is not enough. And in particular in patients with Parkinson's disease where there is problem with gait and balance. But this may not be restricted to Parkinson's disease, so there may be other conditions with poor balance where you could use electrical stimulation of the vestibular organs, the balance organs to improve balance and gait.
Translations for improve
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- verbeterAfrikaans
- تحسن, حسنArabic
- подобрявам, подобрявам се, усъвършенствамBulgarian
- millorarCatalan, Valencian
- zlepšit se, vylepšit, zlepšitCzech
- gwellaWelsh
- sich verbessern, verbessernGerman
- βελτιώνομαι, βελτιώνωGreek
- plibonigiEsperanto
- mejorarSpanish
- hobetuBasque
- بهبود, بهبود یافتن, بهبود دادنPersian
- parantaa, parantuaFinnish
- s'améliorer, améliorer, amenderFrench
- leasaighIrish
- mellorarGalician
- השתפרHebrew
- सुधारेंHindi
- javul, megjavul, tökéletesít, javítHungarian
- բարելավել, կատարելագործել, լավացնել, բարելավվել, լավանալArmenian
- meliorarInterlingua
- bonigarIdo
- fare migliorie, migliorare, stare meglio, perfezionareItalian
- 良くなる, 改良, 改善, 上達Japanese
- melius fio, melior fio, meliorem facioLatin
- verbeteren, beteren, beter makenDutch
- forbedre seg, forbedreNorwegian
- poprawić się, poprawić, ulepszać, polepszyć, poprawiać się, poprawiać, ulepszyć, polepszaćPolish
- melhorarPortuguese
- meglierarRomansh
- a se îmbunătăți, îmbunătățiRomanian
- улучшить, улучшаться, улучшать, улучшитьсяRussian
- pobòljšatiSerbo-Croatian
- izboljšatiSlovene
- përmirësojAlbanian
- bli bättre, förbättraSwedish
- boreshaSwahili
- düzeltmekTurkish
- کو بہتر بنانے کےUrdu
- cải tiến, cải thiệnVietnamese
- gudikumön, gudükumönVolapük
- פֿאַרבעסערןYiddish
- 提高Chinese
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