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improve
English
Alternative forms
- emprove (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?u?v/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Verb
improve (third-person singular simple present improves, present participle improving, simple past and past participle improved)
- (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- (intransitive) To become better.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another cannot improve.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Reward of Honouring God (sermon)
- We shall especially honour God, by discharging faithfully those offices which God hath entrusted us with: by improving diligently those talents which God hath committed to us
- a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved
- the court has also an opportunity, which it seldom fails to improve.
- 1715, Isaac Watts, Against Idleness and Mischief
- How doth the little busy bee / Improve each shining hour.
- March 7, 1778, George Washington, letter
- True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Reward of Honouring God (sermon)
Synonyms
- (to make something better): ameliorate, better, batten, enhance; See also Thesaurus:improve
Antonyms
- (to make something worse): deteriorate, worsen; See also Thesaurus:aggravate
- (to become worse): deteriorate, worsen; See also Thesaurus:worsen
Derived terms
- improvement
- improver
- improving
Translations
Further reading
- "improve" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 160.
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advance
English
Alternative forms
- advaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncer, avancer, avancier (French avancer), from Vulgar Latin *abanti?re, from Late Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ?d? added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, Southern England) IPA(key): /?d?v??ns/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?væns/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?d?va?ns/
- Rhymes: -??ns, -æns
Verb
advance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)
- To promote or advantage.
- To help the progress of (something); to further. [from 12th c.]
- 2018, Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian, 26 January:
- Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals.
- 2018, Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian, 26 January:
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, The Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Esther III.1:
- After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
- 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
- This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land […]
- 1611, The Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Esther III.1:
- To help the progress of (something); to further. [from 12th c.]
- To move forward in space or time.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. [from 14th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]
- (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
- 1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.:
- I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him.
- 1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.:
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]
- 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:
- “I had intended to ask you to advance me a hundred pounds,” said Phineas.
- 1871, James William Gilbart, The Principles and Practice of Banking:
- On the urgent representations of several parties of the first importance in the City of London, the bank advanced 120,000l. to the Governor and Company of the Copper Miners […].
- 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. [from 16th c.]
- 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Crticism:
- Some ne'er advance a Judgement of their own, / But catch the spreading notion of the Town […].
- 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Crticism:
- (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed. [from 16th c.]
- 2014, Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian, 24 April:
- Earlier the caller said men were more likely to be in senior positions. Clegg says that's partly because the current maternity leave arrangements make it difficult for women to advance in the workplace.
- 2014, Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian, 24 April:
- (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. [from 16th c.]
- 1927, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes:
- I can promise you that you will feel even less humorous as the evening advances.
- 1927, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes:
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. [from 14th c.]
- To raise, be raised.
- (transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, I.2:
- The fringed Curtaines of thine eyes aduance.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, I.2:
- To raise or increase (a price, rate). [from 14th c.]
- 1924, The Times, 16 July:
- In February last […] bakers advanced the price of bread sold over the counter in London from 8d. to 8½d. per quartern loaf.
- 1924, The Times, 16 July:
- To increase (a number or amount). [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms
- raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign
Antonyms
- regress
- retract (in phonetics)
Derived terms
- advancement
- in advance
- in advance of
Translations
Noun
advance (plural advances)
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- 1917, James Joyce, Dubliners (Counterparts)
- Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance.
- 1780, John Jay, letter dated November 21
- I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
- 1917, James Joyce, Dubliners (Counterparts)
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with Respect to Religion and Government
- For, if it were of any use to recall matters of fact, what is more notorious, than that prince's applying himself first to the church of England? and upon their refusal to fall in with his measures, making the like advances to the dissenters of all kinds, who readily and almost universally complied with him
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapter 4:
- As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
- I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with Respect to Religion and Government
Antonyms
- (forward move): regress, regression
Translations
Adjective
advance (comparative more advance, superlative most advance)
- Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
- preceding
- forward
Derived terms
- advance person
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