Collocations for "improving"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "improving" in context.
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improve
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- improve your [attitude, behavior]
- improve your [health, performance, skills]
- improve (their) [sales, profit]
- improved their [ranking, position, market share]
- improve your [accuracy, productivity, efficiency]
- improve the [product, service]
- improve the [chances, possibility, probability] (that)
- improve your [time, scores, record, grades]
- improve the [quality, design]
- improve communication [among, between, with]
- improve customer [satisfaction, opinion]
- how we [can, will, could] improve
- [need, could, have to] improve
- improve and [expand, develop, maintain, enhance, strengthen, update]
- improve on the (overall) [business, process]
- improve [on, upon] the [previous design, product, concept]
- [can, cannot] be improved upon
- [significantly, continually, further, dramatically] improved
- has improved in recent [years, times]
- has improved in some [areas, countries, parts]
- improved by [advertising, research, development]
- improve by [changing, making, studying, replacing]
- improves with [age, time]
- has improved over [previous, the last]
- [seems, appears] to be improving
- improve to [meet, provide, ensure]
'improving' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
direct
- improve
- work
- about
- aim
- condition
- English
- French
- German
- health
- hint
- insight
- responsibility
- method
- key
- economy
- academic
- grammar
- Greek
- intention
- interface
- inventory
- objective
- outlook
- shared
- thereby
- ultimate
- intent
- steer
- strategy
- Swedish
- enthusiasm
- gradually