improve

To make something better than it was before.

• We want to improve the service.
• The new windows improved our home.
• How can I improve my writing?

How to use it: improve something by doing something (You can improve your reading by practising every day.)

Similar words: make better, enhance

Opposites: worsen

Common phrases: improve something, improve your skills, improve the quality

To become better than before.

• Your English is starting to improve.
• The weather improved during the afternoon.
• Has her health improved since last week?

Similar words: get better

Opposites: worsen, deteriorate

Common phrases: improve over time, improve steadily, improve with practice, improve gradually