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improves

v.
A2 Elementary US //ˌɪmˈpɹuvz// UK //ɪmpɹˈuːvz// im·proves

v. to make something better or to become better than it was before. You use this when you talk about progress or getting higher quality.

v. to make or become better in quality, value, or condition. Transitive when describing an action taken to enhance something; intransitive when describing a state of progress.


SIMPLE

The new software improves the speed of my computer.

CONTEXTUAL

Regular practice significantly improves your ability to speak a second language fluently over time.

COMPLEX

While the initial results were modest, the team expects that the new irrigation system improves crop yields by at least twenty percent over the next three harvest cycles.

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The verb is both transitive and intransitive.

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