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improves on

improves on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about improves on

What is improves on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Improves on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of improve on.

Words near improves on in the dictionary

  1. improver
  2. improvers
  3. improvership
  4. improverships
  5. improves
  6. improves on
  7. improves the occasion
  8. improves upon
  9. improvest
  10. improveth
  11. improvided

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Adapted from Wiktionary: improves on (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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