Verb tranzitiv

1. 1. a îmbunătăţi
2. 2. a perfecţiona
3. 3. a desăvârşi
4. 4. a profita de
5. 5. a trage folos din
6. 6. a folosi

Verb intranzitiv

1. 7. a se îmbunătăţi
2. 8. a se perfecţiona
3. 9. a face progrese
4. 10. a merge mai departe
5. 11. a progresa
6. 12. a se dezvolta
7. 13. a înainta
8. 14. a creşte

Expresii

1. 15. improve on/upon = a şti mai bine decât, a întrece, a depăşi
2. 16. to improve the ocasion = a profita de ocazie
3. 17. his health has improved = sănătatea i s-a ameliorat
4. 18. prices are improving = preţurile sânt în creştere
5. 19. in some respects he even improved on/upon his model = în unele privinţe îşi depăşea chiar modelul

Explicatie DEX:

• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward: from north to south.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing a point of limit in time) before; until: to this day; It is ten minutes to six. We work from nine to five.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces.
• TO IMPROVE, (used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health.