improving
adjective
[ ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ ]
• giving moral or intellectual benefit.
• "a large, improving picture hung opposite"
improve
verb
• make or become better.
• "efforts to improve relations between the countries"
Similar:
make better,
better,
ameliorate,
upgrade,
refine,
enhance,
boost,
build on,
help,
raise,
revamp,
brush up,
polish up,
perk up,
tweak,
give a facelift to,
meliorate,
get better,
become better,
advance,
progress,
develop,
make headway,
come along,
make progress,
take steps forward,
pick up,
rally,
make strides,
look up,
Origin:
early 16th century (as emprowe or improwe ): from Anglo-Norman French emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’); -owe was changed to -ove under the influence of prove. The original sense was ‘make a profit, increase the value of’; subsequently ‘make greater in amount or degree’.
