IMPROVED meaning: 1. having become or been made better than before: 2. having become or been made better than…. Learn more.
- To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better: Exercise can improve your health. 2. To increase the productivity or value of (land or property): improved the house by adding a bathroom.
Something that's improved has gotten much better than it used to be. An improved menu at a restaurant has more choices — or at least more of your favorites. The adjective improved is good for describing things that are made to work better or have been updated in some way.
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im prove /ɪmˈpruv/ v., -proved, -prov ing. to (cause to) become better: [~ + object] Exercise improves one's health. [no object] His health seems to be improving. to increase the value of (real property) by remodeling or adding features:[~ + object] improved the property by remodeling the bathroom.
Adjective improved (comparative more improved, superlative most improved) That has been made better; enhanced.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective improved, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.