to make something or someone better in quality, condition, or performance
Daily practice can improve your pronunciation.
The coach suggested a new strategy to improve the team's defense.
✦ Late Middle English, from Anglo-French emprouwer ‘to turn to profit’, based on ‘em’ (en-) + ‘prou’ ‘profit’.
to become better
My Spanish has improved a lot since I moved to Madrid.
The weather is improving, so we can go hiking tomorrow.
past tense and past participle of improve
After months of practice, Maria's English improved dramatically.
The team improved its record by winning three games in a row.
✦ From late Middle English past participle of improve, formed by adding -ed.
