Definition of improve.
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Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need:
To improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge).
Ameliorate, a formal word, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or.
After months of study, i improved on my original score.
It'll be hard to improve upon the success they had last year.
A drawing of a man pointing to a graphing showing an improvement in sales numbers.
Improvement is the process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be.
Definition of improve verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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The meaning of improve is to enhance in value or quality :
Make better.
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Phrasal verb improve on/upon something (definition of improve from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
To advance to a more desirable state:
Ameliorate, amend, better, help, meliorate, upgrade.
If you improve on a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result.
We need to improve on our performance against france.
[verb + on]