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improving on

improving on is the present participle and gerund 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 improving on

What is improving on the present participle and gerund of?
Improving on is the present participle and gerund of improve on.

Words near improving on in the dictionary

  1. improving
  2. improving agent
  3. improving agents
  4. improving lease
  5. improving leases
  6. improving on
  7. improving the occasion
  8. improving upon
  9. improvingly
  10. improvisable
  11. improvisate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: improving 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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