2 to get better: --
improve considerably/dramatically/significantly
gradually/greatly/vastly improve Conditions for foreign investors are also gradually improving.
3 to make something better: --
improve efficiency/quality/productivity
to improve performance/profitability/service
4 if prices, shares, sales, etc. improve a particular amount, they increase by that amount: --
In both experiments prior bimodal presentation improved recognition memory for spoken words and nonwords compared to single modality presentation.
We found that all subjects improved to a certain degree, although large individual differences were observed.
Other potential objectives-such as reduction of environmental impacts or improving the cost-effectiveness of regulations-have been under-emphasized or not attained.
The efficiency of the procedures can be improved by changes to the implementations of the combinators only.
Geographical variation in the timing of improved food supply may therefore explain variation in such conditions today.
Accordingly, they extol the virtues of a monarch who, although autocratic, was also enlightened and improved the lot of his people.
Almost a decade and a half later, have things improved?
They have since improved their overall fine-grained score to 66.3%.