improving
Syllables: im·prov·ing/ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/
improving adjective: that tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person). Also the present participle and gerund of improve.
Adjective
improving (comparative more improving, superlative most improving)
- That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
- […] that Diviner part of Man, the Soule, which alone is capable of wearing the Glorious Image of its Author, being endowed with two chief Faculties, the Understanding and the Will; the former is blest and perfectionated by Knowledg, and the latter’s Loveliest and most improving property is...1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric[hard] Davis, Essay 1, p. 2
- […] nothing is so improving to the Temper as the Study of the Beauties, either of Poetry, Eloquence, Musick, or Painting.1741, David Hume, “On the Delicacy of Taste and Passion”, in Essays, Moral and Political, Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, page 6
Also used as
improving is also the present participle and gerund of improve.
improving meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati
improving in Telugu
- మెరుగుపరచడం
improving in Malayalam
- മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു
improving in Kannada
- ಸುಧಾರಿಸುವುದು
improving in Gujarati
- સુધારી રહ્યા છે
More languagesFewer languages
- improving in Nepali
- सुधार गर्दै
Examples of improving in a sentence
- It is as though our rulers, instead of merely tolerating prostitution, were to proclaim the brothel to be a place as sacred as the cathedral and as improving as the public library.1934, Aldous Huxley, “Guatemala City”, in Beyond the Mexique Bay, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 95–96:
- I think I’ll go to bed with an improving book. […]”1954, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 4, in Bertie Wooster Sees It Through, New York: Scribner, published 2000, page 45:
Synonyms of improving
Forms of improving
| comparative | more improving |
|---|---|
| superlative | most improving |
Words formed from improving
Phrases with improving
Words that rhyme with improving
Questions about improving
- What does improving mean?
- Improving means that tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
- What is improving in Telugu?
- Improving in Telugu is మెరుగుపరచడం. See Improving meaning in Telugu.
- How do you use improving in a sentence?
- It is as though our rulers, instead of merely tolerating prostitution, were to proclaim the brothel to be a place as sacred as the cathedral and as improving as the public library.
- What part of speech is improving?
- Improving is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce improving?
- Improving is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/.
Words near improving in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: improving (page history and authors); improving (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); improving (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); improving (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); improving (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); improving (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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