{
    "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’."
}