improve on

verb

variants or improve upon

improved on or improved upon; improving on or improving upon; improves on or improves upon

transitive verb

: to do better than

It's hard to improve on last year's record.

Examples of improve on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This model keeps all of those features and improves on them, with a current-gen Ryzen AI 5 CPU running the show, tool-less case entry for even simpler upgrades, and a new XDNA2 NPU with up to 50 TOPS for on-device generative AI. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026

And New England has plenty of new players to help improve on last season; the team will take six new starters to Seattle for the opener. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Mendoza and the team hope to improve on their 15-6 overall record from last year. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

With Victoria, Silvester wanted to preserve the nature of Falcon while improving on its performance. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for improve on

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