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  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
     1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
        desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
        health.
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              We take care to improve in our frugality and
              diligence.                            --Atterbury.
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     2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
        ``Domitian improved in cruelty.'' --Milner.
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     3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
        price of cotton improves.
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     To improve on or To improve upon, to make useful
        additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer
        to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L.
     improbare, F. improuver.]
     1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]
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              Neither can any of them make so strong a reason
              which another can not improve.        --Tyndale.
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     2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure;
        as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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              When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto
              the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
                                                    --Tyndale.
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  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
     Approve, Prove.]
     1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
        of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
        land. --Donne.
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              I love not to improve the honor of the living by
              impairing that of the dead.           --Denham.
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     2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to
        turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve
        one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.
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              We shall especially honor God by improving
              diligently the talents which God hath committed to
              us.                                   --Barrow.
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              A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
              and improved.                         --Addison.
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              The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
                                                    --Blackstone.
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              How doth the little busy bee
              Improve each shining hour.            --I. Watts.
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              Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
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              True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
              binds us to improve the occasion.     --Washington.
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     3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
        said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
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              We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
              wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
                                                    Porteus.
  
     Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
          mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
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  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
     Approve, Prove.]
     1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
        of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
        land. --Donne.
  
              I love not to improve the honor of the living by
              impairing that of the dead.           --Denham.
  
     2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to
        turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve
        one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.
  
              We shall especially honor God by improving
              diligently the talents which God hath committed to
              us.                                   --Barrow.
  
              A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
              and improved.                         --Addison.
  
              The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity.
                                                    --Blackstone.
  
              How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining
              hour.                                 --I. Watts.
  
              Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
  
              True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
              binds us to improve the occasion.     --Washington.
  
     3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
        said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
  
              We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
              wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
                                                    Porteus.
  
     Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
          mend; correct; recify; amend; reform.

  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L.
     improbare, F. improuver.]
     1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]
  
              Neither can any of them make so strong a reason
              which another can not improve.        --Tyndale.
  
     2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure;
        as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman.
  
              When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto
              the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
                                                    --Tyndale.

  Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
     1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
        desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
        health.
  
              We take care to improve in our frugality and
              diligence.                            --Atterbury.
  
     2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
        ``Domitain improved in cruelty.'' --Milner.
  
     3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
        price of cotton improves.
  
     To improve on or upon, to make useful additions or
        amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to
        perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

  improve
       v 1: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his
            changes" [syn: better, amend, ameliorate, meliorate]
            [ant: worsen]
       2: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better,
           ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: worsen]

  improve
     Αγγλικά vb.
     βελτιώνω

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

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

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

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

  improve
     Englanti vb.
     1 parantaa, kohentaa
     2 parantua, kohentua

  improve
     Engelska vb.
     1 förbättra; göra bättre
     2 bli bättre

  Improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  تحسّن

  improve //ɪmˈpɹuːv// 
  1. подобря, подобрявам
  to become better
  2. подобря́, подобря́вам, усъвърше́нствам
  to make something better

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  zlepšit

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  zlepšovat

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  zlepšit se

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  zlepšovat se

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  vylepšit

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  zdokonalit

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  zvelebit

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  zušlechtit

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  gwella 

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  gwellhau 

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  gwelliannu 

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  besser werden , sich verbessern
           Note: Person, sich bessern 
           Note: Sachen
        "I hope my French will improve when I go to France."  - Ich hoffe, mein Französisch wird besser, wenn ich nach Frankreich fahre.
        "Most wines improve with age."  - Die meisten Weine werden mit dem Alter besser.
        "He improved from third to second rank."  - Er verbesserte sich vom dritten auf den zweiten Platz.
        "We can do that when our financial situation improves."  - Das können wir machen, wenn sich unseren finanzielle Lage bessert.
   see: improving, improved
  

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  seine Gedächtnisleistung verbessern
     Synonym: enhance your memory capacity
  
   see: make sth. better, better sth., improve sth., enhance sth., ameliorate sth., meliorate sth., making better, bettering, improving, enhancing, ameliorating, meliorating, made better, betterred, improved, enhanced, ameliorated, meliorated, better the working conditions, better your chances of winning the championship, improved service, enhanced service, That doesn't make things better., That doesn't ameliorate the situation.
  

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  
  βελτιώνομαι, βελιτώνω

  improve //ɪmˈpɹuːv// 
  1. parantua
  to become better
  2. parantaa
  to make something better

  improve /impruːv/
  améliorer, amender, réformer

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  1. सुधारना, सुधरना
        "He has been improved a lot in his studies."

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  napredovati, ojačati, oplemeniti, poboljšala, poboljšanju, poboljšati, poboljšavanje, popraviti, unapređenja, unaprijedilo, unaprijediti, usavršiti

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  migliorare

  improve //ɪmˈpɹuːv// 
  1. 好転, 良い
  to become better
  2. 改善, 改良, 良い
  to make something better

  improve /ımpruːv/ 
  1. (pa)gerinti, (pa)tobulinti (on), gerėti, tobulėti
  2. pakelti, padidinti (našumą, darbo užmokestį ir pan.)

  improve /impruːv/
  verbeteren, veredelen

  improve /ɪmˈpru:v/ 
   1.  poprawiać się, poprawiać, polepszać się, polepszać
   2.  doskonalić (oneself - się)
   3.  ulepszać (on sth - coś)

  improve /impruːv/
  melhorar

  improve //ɪmˈpɹuːv// 
  1. bli bättre, förbättras
  to become better
  2. förbättra
  to make something better

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/ 
  
  boresha

  improve /ɪmpɹˈuːv/
  1. değerini artırmak, kıymetlendirmek
  2. ıslah etmek, düzeltmek, yoluna koymak
  3. iyiye kullanmak, istifadeli bir hale getirmek
  4. ıslah olmak, duzelmek, yola girmek
  5. artmak, değeri artmak, kıymetlenmek. improvement  düzelme, salah, ilerleme, terakki, ıslah, tekamül
  6. bir şeyi ıslah etmek için yapılan veya ilave olunan şey. improver  ıslah eden kimse, ıslahatçı.

  
/ˌɪmˈpɹuv/

  235 Moby Thesaurus words for "improve":
     accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alter,
     ameliorate, amend, apprentice, be changed, be converted into,
     be renewed, benefit, benefit from, best, better, boost, bottom out,
     brace up, break, break in, break up, breed, bring forward,
     bring up, cap, capitalize on, cash in on, change, checker, chop,
     chop and change, civilize, come about, come along, come around,
     come on, come round, complete, condition, convalesce, convert,
     correct, crown, culminate, cultivate, deform, degenerate, denature,
     deteriorate, develop, deviate, discipline, diverge, diversify,
     do to perfection, drill, edify, edit, educate, elevate, emend,
     enhance, enlighten, enrich, exceed, excel, exercise, exploit,
     fatten, favor, fetch up, fit, fix up, flop, form, forward, foster,
     further, gain, gain ground, gain strength, get ahead, get along,
     get better, go ahead, go forward, go one better, go straight,
     graduate, groom, grow better, haul around, help, house-train,
     housebreak, illume, illumine, improve on, improve the occasion,
     improve upon, increase, irradiate, jibe, lard, lick into shape,
     lift, look up, make an improvement, make capital of, make hay,
     make headway, make progress, make strides, mature, meliorate, mend,
     mitigate, modernize, modify, modulate, mutate, nurse, nurture,
     outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overhaul, overpass,
     overthrow, overtop, perfect, perk up, pick up, practice,
     predominate, prepare, preponderate, prevail, profit by, progress,
     promote, put in tune, put right, put to advantage, put to school,
     qualify, raise, rally, re-create, ready, realign, rear, rebuild,
     recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, rectify, recuperate,
     redeem, redesign, redress, refine, refine upon, refit, reform,
     refurbish, rehabilitate, rehearse, remake, remedy, remodel, renew,
     renovate, repair, reshape, restructure, revamp, revise, revive,
     ring the changes, ripen, rub up, send to school, set right,
     shape up, shift, shift the scene, show improvement,
     shuffle the cards, skyrocket, sleep it off, socialize,
     straighten out, strengthen, subvert, surpass, swerve, tack,
     take a turn, take advantage of, take in hand, take off, top,
     tower above, tower over, trade on, train, transcend, transfigure,
     transform, trump, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner,
     turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn to account,
     turn to profit, turn to use, turn upside down, undergo a change,
     update, upgrade, uplift, use to advantage, vary, veer, warp,
     work a change, worsen
  
  

  v. 改良,改善;

     vt. 使更好,改善,增进;利用
     vi. 变得更好;增加