Meaning & use

improve

verb·Everyday

To make or become better in quality, value, or condition than before.

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The company's customer service has improved noticeably since the new manager arrived.

A note on using this word

"Improve" works transitively, as in "improve your skills," and intransitively, as in "the weather improved."

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