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self-improve

self-improve verb: to better one's health or status, often by following a disciplined program to improve physical health, mental health, and character.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To better one's health or status, often by following a disciplined program to improve physical health, mental health, and character.
    • As a passionate advocate of growth, I’m continuously looking for ways to self-improve.2010 February 4, Celestine Chua, “42 Practical Ways to Start Working on Self-Improvement”, in LifeHack, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2010

Forms of self-improve

third-person singular presentself-improves
present participleself-improving
past participleself-improved
pastself-improved

Origin of self-improve

From self- + improve.

Questions about self-improve

What does self-improve mean?
Self-improve means to better one's health or status, often by following a disciplined program to improve physical health, mental health, and character.
What part of speech is self-improve?
Self-improve is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-improve?
The past tense of self-improve is self-improved.

Words near self-improve in the dictionary

  1. self-impose
  2. self-imposed
  3. self-imposes
  4. self-imposing
  5. self-impotent
  6. self-improve
  7. self-improved
  8. self-improvement
  9. self-improvements
  10. self-improves
  11. self-improving

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