improving

Examples

• All

• You certainly need to invest in improving certain schools and communities.

• That's where I'm learning and improving like every day.

• We are, we're learning, we're improving and so on.

• So John is asking for advice on improving and growing as a dancer.

• Ellen spent her time improving conditions in these places.

• It's a very good method of improving adherence in some patients.

• Is your trajectory improving or is your trajectory declining?

• She has been improving her skills in painting through daily practice.

• The city's infrastructure is improving thanks to new investments in public transport.

Synonyms

I

to improve

vsimproving

∞ 1.0

To make something better

is the same meaning but shown here as the -ing form

G

to get better

vsimproving

573 1.0

To become healthier, more skilled, or more successful

covers that general increase but also stresses rises in amount or strength

S

to strengthen

vsimproving

327 3.0

To make muscles, relationships, or groups stronger

focuses on strength increase only, not all forms of quality or amount rise

M

to making progress

vsimproving

251 2.8

Getting better at a task or skill you are working on

is the general growth idea but here limited to tasks or specific activities

P

to progress

vsimproving

209 2.5

Move forward or get better over time

emphasizes gains in quality, amount, or strength rather than just moving forward

C

to come along

vsimproving

125 2.9

To get better or improve over time

is neutral and does not stress positive result or satisfaction

S

to shape up

vsimproving

23 3.2

Start to get better and more complete

is broader, meaning general progress without implying satisfactory standards

S

strengthening

vsimproving

14 3.4

Making something stronger, for example muscles or ties between people

is broader, covering quality, amount, or strength increases beyond only strength

A

advancing

vsimproving

3.4

Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily

is similar but covers any improvement including quick or sudden rises as well

Antonyms

D

deterioration

43 5.9

A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse

W

worsening

3.9

Becoming worse or more serious over time

Compounds

R

Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge

• UK

7.5

An important English society that supports scientists and promotes science

How Improved

better

1.5

improved

2.1

improving

1.4

unchanged

62 1.0

worse

12 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology