improve
Verb
Verb Forms: improved, improving, improves
- To make or become better; to enhance in quality.
- to make better
- "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
- get better
- "The weather improved toward evening"
- To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- To become better.
- To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- To disprove or make void; to refute.
- To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
Examples
- Buying more servers would improve performance.
- Every game of Words With Friends helps improve one’s vocabulary and strategic thinking.
- I have improved since taking the tablets.
- Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
- The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible.
- to improve one's time; to improve his means
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
Synonyms
ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), batten, enhance, get better, hone, improve, look up, refine
Antonyms
worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, make matters worse, pejorate
Scrabble Score: 14
improve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordimprove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
improve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary