improve meaning
EN
[ɪmˈpɹuːv] [-uːv] 
US - VerbSGimprovesPRimprovingPT, PPimproved
- VT To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
- Buying more servers would improve performance.
- VI To become better.
- I have improved since taking the tablets.
- The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible.
- OBS To disprove or make void; to refute.
- OBS To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
- to improve negligence
- (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- to improve one's time; to improve his means
- VT To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- So it was out and away to the road, place the call, punch a bunch of buttons ("To transfer funds, Press 9") in the liquid sunshine, while adjusting an umbrella to improve reception.
- To improve wind dispatchability and reduce flexibility resource costs, in this paper, we propose a novel RUC model considering strategic wind generation curtailment (WGC).
- Our audience is getting younger and less educated, so despite the additional fabrication costs, we must simplicate the new model of this machine to improve ease of use.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- If you stick to your studies, you will continue to improve.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of improve in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Verbs
- en improvement
- en improved
- en improvements
- en improver
- en improves
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "improve" is a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.