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- Dictionaryimproving/ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. giving moral or intellectual benefit: "a large, improving picture hung opposite"
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1. : to advance or make progress in what is desirable. 2. : to make useful additions or amendments. improvability.
to make (land) more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc. to increase the value of (real property) by betterments, as the construction of buildings and sewers. to make good use of; turn to account: He improved the stopover by seeing a client with offices there.
to get better, or to make something better: [ I ] Her grades have improved greatly this semester. [ T ] He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers. If you improve on something, you succeed in doing or making it better: [ I ] The company is hoping to improve on last year’s sales figures.
Improving is the present participle of improve, which means to make something better or improve something. Learn how to use improving in sentences with synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
Learn the meaning of improvement as a noun, with synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related phrases. Find out how to use improvement in a sentence and how it differs from related words.
IMPROVEMENT definition: 1. an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better: 2. an occasion when…. Learn more.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the verb improve, which means to become better than before or to make something/somebody better. See examples, synonyms and related words for improve.
