The meaning of IMPROVE is to enhance in value or quality : make better. How to use improve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Improve.

Phrasal verb improve on/upon something (Definition of improve from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

IMPROVE definition: to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition. See examples of improve used in a sentence.

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 previous performance.

1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition; make better: improving one's health. 3. to increase the value of (real property) by betterments. 4. to increase in quality or value; become …

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 …

Dec 9, 2015 · When you improve something, you make it better. For example, you can improve your harmonica playing with practice.