improve
verb
1 improve
To make better:
— The editor improved the manuscript with his changes.
synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate.
Roget 658:
improve;
be better,
become better,
get better;
mend,
amend.
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascend
etc.
305;
increase
etc.
35;
fructify,
ripen,
mature;
pick up,
come about,
rally,
take a favorable turn;
turn over a new leaf,
turn the corner;
raise one's head,
sow one's wild oats;
recover
etc.
660.
be better
etc.
adj.,
be improved by;
turn to right account,
turn to good account,
turn to best account;
profit by,
reap the benefit of;
make good use of,
make capital out of;
place to good account.
render better,
improve,
mend,
amend,
better;
ameliorate,
meliorate;
correct;
decrassify†.
improve upon,
refine upon;
rectify;
enrich,
mellow,
elaborate,
fatten.
promote,
cultivate,
advance,
forward,
enhance;
bring forward,
bring on;
foster
etc.
707;
invigorate
etc.
(strengthen)
159.
touch up,
rub up,
brush up,
furbish up,
bolster up,
vamp up,
brighten up,
warm up;
polish,
cook,
make the most of,
set off to advantage;
prune;
repair
etc.
(restore)
660;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60.
review,
revise;
make corrections,
make improvements
etc.
n.;
doctor
etc.
(remedy)
662;
purify,
etc.
652.
relieve,
refresh,
infuse new blood into,
recruit.
reform,
remodel,
reorganize;
new model.
view in a new light,
think better of,
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.
palliate,
mitigate;
lessen an evil
etc.
36.
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Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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Roget 648:
be beneficial
etc.
adj.;
produce good,
do good
etc.
618;
profit
etc.
(be of use)
644;
benefit;
confer a benefit
etc.
618.
be the making of,
do a world of good,
make a man of.
produce a good effect;
do a good turn,
confer an obligation;
improve
etc.
658.
do no harm,
break no bones.
be good
etc.
adj.;
excel,
transcend
etc.
(be superior)
33;
bear away the bell.
stand the proof,
stand the test;
pass muster,
pass an examination.
challenge comparison,
vie,
emulate,
rival.
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Dutch: beter maken, aanpassen, beteren, wijzigen, amenderen, emenderen, op een hoger plan brengen, corrigeren, beter worden, verbeteren
2 improve
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