Improving
/ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of improve form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
"1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric[hard] Davis, Essay 1, p. 2, […] 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 Goodnesse."
Adjective
- 1 getting higher or more vigorous wordnet
Example
More examples"Improving corporate performances are behind the stock market recovery."