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

Conditions will slowly improve on Sunday as Nolo moves away from the islands. — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Kimmel did acknowledge, however, that Rodriguez’s dance skills are slowly but surely improving on the show. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

The Canadian Space Agency was on the hook to build a robotic arm for the Gateway outpost, improving on the Canadian robotics systems used on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

These symptoms are generally mild and usually improve on their own within about 7-10 days. — Ann Sheehan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for improve on

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• antiphon
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