1) улучшать(ся); усовершенствовать(ся) 2) повышать качество 3) уточнять 4) металлургия и металлообработка доводить
глагол 1) улучшаться; совершенствоваться; поправляться, налаживаться Например: things are improving — дела налаживаются to improve in health — поправляться to improve rapidly / gradually / markedly / unquestionably — улучшаться быстро / постепенно / заметно / бесспорно to improve in looks — выглядеть лучше 2) улучшать; совершенствовать; поправлять, налаживать Например: He improved his German. — Он сделал успехи в немецком языке. Синоним(ы): ameliorate, amend, better, make better, meliorate Антоним(ы): deteriorate, impair, pollute, rot, worsen Например: to improve the occasion / opportunity / shining hour — использовать удобный случай
verb (improved; improving) Etymology: Middle English improuen, emprouen, from Anglo-French emprouer to make profit from, from French en- + pru, prou advantage, from Late Latin prode — more at proud transitive verb 1. archaic employ, use 2. a. to enhance in value or quality; make better b. to increase the value of (land or property) by making it more useful for humans (as by cultivation or the erection of buildings) c. to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material other than pavement 3. to use to good purpose intransitive verb 1. to advance or make progress in what is desirable 2. to make useful additions or amendments • improvability noun • improvable adjective • improver noun Synonyms: improve, better, help, ameliorate mean to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard. improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad Example: measures to further improve the quality of medical care Example: immigrants hoping to better their lot. help implies a bettering that still leaves room for improvement Example: a coat of paint would help that house. ameliorate implies making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure Example: tried to ameliorate the lives of people in the tenements.