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improve upon

improve upon is the alternative form of improve on.

Meaning of improve on

Verb

improve on (third-person singular simple present improves on, present participle improving on, simple past and past participle improved on)

  1. To fix, make better or increase the quality of (something) in comparison to previous attempts; to contribute to an ongoing effort to improve (something).
    Synonyms:
    better

Forms of improve upon

third-person singular presentimproves upon
present participleimproving upon
past participleimproved upon
pastimproved upon

Questions about improve upon

What is improve upon the alternative form of?
Improve upon is the alternative form of improve on.

Words near improve upon in the dictionary

  1. improval
  2. improvals
  3. improve
  4. improve on
  5. improve the occasion
  6. improve upon
  7. improveable
  8. improved
  9. improved on
  10. improved the occasion
  11. improved upon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: improve upon (page history and authors); improve on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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