improves
- 1Third-person singular simple present of improve.
Regular exercise improves both mood and sleep quality.
The new editor improves every draft she touches.
Note
The present-tense form that agrees with a singular subject such as she, it or the weather, and it carries every use of the verb. It takes an object when something is made better (exercise improves sleep) and stands alone when something gets better (the patient improves daily). Older prose may use it for turning time to good account, and rarer, obsolete texts for refuting or censuring.
Her handwriting improves with every letter she writes.
The forecast says the weather improves by Friday.
improves is a form of improve
improve, verb: To make something better, or to increase its value or productivity. Full entry
- Spelling
- improve → improves: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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