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{
"term": "improve",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "improve",
"heSheIt": "improves"
},
"pastSimple": "improved",
"pastParticiple": "improved",
"ingForm": "improving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become better than before; to make something/somebody better than before",
"sensetop": "improve somethingimprove yourself",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Overall the **situation has improved** dramatically."
},
{
"text": "**Things are improving** every day."
},
{
"text": "You should see your score **improve significantly**."
},
{
"text": "Working conditions have **greatly improved**."
},
{
"text": "His quality of life has **improved dramatically** since the operation."
},
{
"text": "The doctor says she should continue to improve *(= after an illness)*."
},
{
"text": "I hope my French will improve when I go to France."
},
{
"text": "This vital service helps to **improve the quality** of life for people with cancer.",
"contextForm": "improve something"
},
{
"text": "measures to **improve** public **health**"
},
{
"text": "This was a much **improved performance** by the team."
},
{
"text": "The goal was to **improve the efficiency** of the department."
},
{
"text": "Engineers are **working to improve** this technology."
},
{
"text": "He's a guy who wants to improve himself, to be the best.",
"contextForm": "improve yourself"
},
{
"text": "The situation has improved dramatically during the last few months."
},
{
"text": "The company needs to improve performance in all these areas."
},
{
"text": "My father's mood had noticeably improved during the afternoon."
},
{
"text": "The weather should continue to improve over the weekend."
},
{
"text": "The economy had improved markedly."
},
{
"text": "They are trying to improve the working conditions in their factories."
},
{
"text": "I need to improve my French."
},
{
"text": "You can significantly improve your chances of getting a job by compiling a good CV."
},
{
"text": "We now offer a much improved service to our customers."
},
{
"text": "Workers need to be given an incentive to improve their performance."
},
{
"text": "Bringing the issue of pay into the debate did not improve matters."
},
{
"text": "They're introducing a vastly improved public transport system."
},
{
"text": "the new and improved version of the website"
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
"verb + improve": ["continue to", "strive to", "try to"],
"phrases": [
"aimed at improving something",
"an attempt to improve something",
"an effort to improve something"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːv/",
"audio": "im/improve/improve__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvz/",
"audio": "im/improve/improves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvd/",
"audio": "im/improve/improved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "im/improve/improving__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːv/",
"audio": "im/improve/improve__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvz/",
"audio": "im/improve/improves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvd/",
"audio": "im/improve/improved__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "im/improve/improving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (as emprowe or improwe): from Anglo-Norman French emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’); -owe was changed to -ove under the influence of prove. The original sense was ‘make a profit, increase the value of’; subsequently ‘make greater in amount or degree’."
}