Lately, I've been letting my English go. It seems I'll never improve at it, no matter how many years I study.
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Improve
//ɪmˈpɹuːv//
Synonyms for "improve" (274 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (82)
crownculminatecultivatedeformdegeneratedenaturedeterioratedevelopdeviatedignifydisciplinedivergediversifydo to perfectiondrilleaseedifyediteducateelevate
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embellishemendenlightenenrichexceedexcelexerciseexploitfattenfavorfetch upfitfix upflopformforwardfosterfurthergaingain groundgain strengthget aheadget alongget bettergo aheadgo forwardgo one bettergo straightgraduategroomgrow betterhaul aroundhealheightenhelphouse-trainhousebreakillumeilluminateillumineimprove onimprove the occasionimprove uponincreaseirradiatejibelardlick into shapeliftlooklook upmake an improvementmake capital ofmake haymake headwaymake progressmake stridesmake the most of
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maturemaximizemelioratemendmitigatemodernizemodifymodulatemutatenursenurtureoutweighoverbalanceoverbearovercomeoverhauloverpassoverthrowovertopperfect
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Verb(3 words)
How these synonyms differ
- enhance - 'Enhance' suggests adding something that was already good, it's about elevation, not fixing flaws.
- refine - 'Refine' implies careful, iterative polishing, removing impurities or rough edges to approach perfection.
- strengthen - 'Strengthen' focuses specifically on making something more resilient or powerful, not better in all dimensions.
- upgrade - 'Upgrade' implies a discrete jump to a higher tier, new hardware, a better plan, a superior version.
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15 entriesrelated to
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209 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- verbeter verb (to make something better)
Albanian
1 entries- përmirësoj verb (to make something better)
Arabic
2 entries- تَحَسَّنَ verb (to become better)
- حَسَّنَ verb (to make something better)
Armenian
4 entries- բարելավել verb (to make something better)
- բարելավվել verb (to become better)
- զարգանալ verb (to become better)
- զարգացնել verb (to make something better)
Asturian
4 entries- ameyorar verb (to make something better)
- ameyorar verb (to become better)
- meyorar verb (to make something better)
- meyorar verb (to become better)
Avar
1 entries- лъикӏлъизабизе verb (to make something better)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mükəmməlləşdirmək verb (to make something better)
- mükəmməlləşmək verb (to become better)
- təkmilləşdirmək verb (to make something better)
- təkmilləşmək verb (to become better)
Basque
1 entries- hobetu verb (to make something better)
Belarusian
4 entries- пале́пшыцца verb (to become better)
- пале́пшыць verb (to make something better)
- паляпша́цца verb (to become better)
- паляпша́ць verb (to make something better)
Breton
1 entries- gwellaat verb (to make something better)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подобря́ verb (to make something better)
- подобря́ се verb (to become better)
- подобря́вам verb (to make something better)
- подобря́вам се verb (to become better)
Catalan
2 entries- millorar verb (to make something better)
- millorar verb (to become better)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 向上 verb (to become better)
- 提高 verb (to make something better)
- 提高 verb (to become better)
- 改善 verb (to make something better)
Cornish
1 entries- gwellhe verb (to make something better)
Czech
4 entries- vylepšit verb (to make something better)
- vylepšit se verb (to become better)
- vylepšovat verb (to make something better)
- vylepšovat se verb (to become better)
Danish
2 entries- forbedre verb (to make something better)
- forbedre sig verb (to become better)
Dutch
4 entries- beter maken verb (to make something better)
- beteren verb (to make something better)
- beteren verb (to become better)
- verbeteren verb (to make something better)
Esperanto
1 entries- plibonigi verb (to make something better)
Faroese
1 entries- betra verb (to make something better)
Finnish
2 entries- parantaa verb (to make something better)
- parantua verb (to become better)
French
3 entries- amender verb (to make something better)
- améliorer verb (to make something better)
- s'améliorer verb (to become better)
Galician
2 entries- mellorar verb (to make something better)
- mellorar verb (to become better)
Georgian
1 entries- აუმჯობესებს verb (to make something better)
German
2 entries- sich verbessern verb (to become better)
- verbessern verb (to make something better)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make something better)
Greek
2 entries- βελτιώνομαι verb (to become better)
- βελτιώνω verb (to make something better)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִשְׁתַּפֵּר verb (to become better)
- שיפר \ שִׁפֵּר verb (to make something better)
Hindi
1 entries- सुधरना verb (to make something better)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyógyul verb (to become better)
- javul verb (to become better)
- javít verb (to make something better)
- meggyógyul verb (to become better)
Icelandic
1 entries- betra verb (to make something better)
Ido
1 entries- bonigar verb (to make something better)
Ingrian
3 entries- mukahua verb (to become better)
- parentaa verb (to make something better)
- pareta verb (to become better)
Interlingua
1 entries- meliorar verb (to make something better)
Irish
3 entries- cuir feabhas ar verb (to make something better)
- leasaigh verb (to make something better)
- téigh i bhfeabhas verb (to become better)
Italian
4 entries- fare migliorie verb (to make something better)
- migliorare verb (to make something better)
- migliorare verb (to become better)
- perfezionare verb (to make something better)
Japanese
4 entries- 好転する verb (to become better)
- 改善する verb (to make something better)
- 改良する verb (to make something better)
- 良くする verb (to make something better)
Korean
2 entries- 개선되다 verb (to become better)
- 개선하다 verb (to make something better)
Latin
3 entries- melior fio verb (to become better)
- meliorem facio verb (to make something better)
- melius fio verb (to become better)
Macedonian
4 entries- подобри verb (to make something better)
- подобрува verb (to make something better)
- се подобри verb (to become better)
- се подобрува verb (to become better)
Māori
2 entries- whakapai verb (to make something better)
- whakawhanake verb (to make something better)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- urekeɓesha verb (to make something better)
Norman
1 entries- amender verb (to make something better)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- bedre verb (to make something better)
- forbedre verb (to make something better)
- forbedre seg verb (to become better)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- betra verb (to make something better)
Occitan
1 entries- amelhorar verb (to make something better)
Old English
1 entries- æþelian verb (to make something better)
Old Norse
1 entries- betra verb (to make something better)
Oromo
2 entries- fooyyessuu verb (to become better)
- wayyeessuu verb (to make something better)
Ossetian
1 entries- фӕхуыздӕр кӕнын verb (to make something better)
Persian
2 entries- بهبود دادن verb (to make something better)
- بهبود یافتن verb (to become better)
Polish
4 entries- polepszać verb (to make something better)
- polepszyć verb (to make something better)
- poprawiać verb (to make something better)
- poprawiać się verb (to become better)
Portuguese
2 entries- melhorar verb (to make something better)
- melhorar verb (to become better)
Quechua
1 entries- allinyay verb (to become better)
Romanian
2 entries- a se îmbunătăți verb (to become better)
- îmbunătăți verb (to make something better)
Romansch
1 entries- meglierar verb (to make something better)
Russian
4 entries- нала́дить verb (to make something better)
- нала́дить verb (to make something better)
- нала́диться verb (to become better)
- нала́живать verb (to make something better)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- poboljšávati verb (to make something better)
- poboljšávati se verb (to become better)
- pobòljšati verb (to make something better)
- pobòljšati se verb (to become better)
Slovak
4 entries- vylepšiť verb (to make something better)
- vylepšiť sa verb (to become better)
- vylepšovať verb (to make something better)
- vylepšovať sa verb (to become better)
Slovene
4 entries- izboljšati verb (to make something better)
- izboljšati se verb (to become better)
- izboljševati verb (to make something better)
- izboljševati se verb (to become better)
Spanish
3 entries- embonar verb (to make something better)
- mejorar verb (to make something better)
- mejorar verb (to become better)
Swahili
1 entries- boresha verb (to become better)
Swedish
4 entries- bli bättre verb (to become better)
- bättra verb (to make something better)
- förbättra verb (to make something better)
- förbättras verb (to become better)
Tagalog
2 entries- ayusin verb (to make something better)
- pagandahin verb (to make something better)
Thai
3 entries- ดีขึ้น verb (to become better)
- ทุเลา verb (to become better)
- ปรับปรุง verb (to make something better)
Turkish
2 entries- düzeltmek verb (to make something better)
- iyileştirmek verb (to become better)
Ukrainian
4 entries- покра́щити verb (to make something better)
- покра́щитися verb (to become better)
- покра́щувати verb (to make something better)
- покра́щуватися verb (to become better)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cải thiện verb (to make something better)
- cải thiện verb (to become better)
- cải tiến verb (to make something better)
Volapük
2 entries- gudikumön verb (to become better)
- gudükumön verb (to make something better)
Welsh
2 entries- gwella verb (to make something better)
- gwella verb (to become better)
West-Frisian
2 entries- betarje verb (to make something better)
- ferbetterje verb (to make something better)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרבעסערן verb (to make something better)
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It seems that the purpose of his study abroad was to improve his ability to speak English.
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Try to speak English as often as possible if you want to improve your English.
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Try to improve your English.
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