improve

1. 1

   To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).transitive

   • Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
   • Buying more servers would improve performance.
2. 2

   To become better.intransitive

   • I have improved since taking the tablets.
   • The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible.
3. 3

   To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.dated

   • to improve one's time; to improve his means
   • March 7, 1778, George Washington, letter True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion.

syn. better · batten · enhance · aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English · amend · hone · improve · meliorate · refine · get better · look up

ant. deteriorate · worsen · aggravate · make matters worse · pejorate

1. 1

   To disprove or make void; to refute.obsolete

   • One ſayth this and a nother that / but can not agre. Nether can any of them make ſo ſtronge a reaſon vvhich a nother can not improve.
2. 2

   To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.obsolete

   • [W]hen he reherſed his preachinge and his doynges vnto the hye Apoſtles / they coulde improve no thinge […]
   • You would improve his negligence, too oft to ease retir’d: […]

syn. aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English · amend · hone · improve · meliorate · refine · get better · look up · ameliorate · batten · better · enhance

ant. aggravate · deteriorate · make matters worse · pejorate · worsen