improve

/ɪmˈpruːv/

意味: 改善する、上達する

例文: Lena practiced daily to improve her drawing.
　　  レナは絵を上達させるために毎日練習した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: improve skills(スキルを向上させる), improve quality(品質を向上させる), improve performance(パフォーマンスを向上させる)

定義: 良くする、向上させる、進歩させるという意味です。何かをより良くするために努力したり、変えたりすることを指します。たとえば、勉強や仕事のスキルを上げたり、製品の品質を高めたりすることが含まれます。

improveは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: to make better
Verb: get better

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I want to improve my English skills.(私は英語のスキルを向上させたい。)
She works hard to improve her performance.(彼女は成績を上げるために努力している。)
They plan to improve the city park soon.(彼らは近いうちに市の公園を改善する予定だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Verb: The weather improved toward evening

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

Antonyms(反意語): worsen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, change state

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, acidify, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, alkalize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, be born, become, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, burn, calcify, calm, camp, capture, carbonize, carnify, catalyze, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chondrify, circularize, citrate, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, close, clot, cloud, cloud over, coarsen, cohere, coke, color, come to, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, conceive, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cross-fertilize, cry, curdle, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, denitrify, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disengage, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dress, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, emaciate, emancipate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, equilibrate, eroticize, erupt, esterify, estrange, etherealize, etherify, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, explode, extend, exteriorize, fall, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, fluctuate, freeze, frenchify, full, gain, gelatinize, get into, get worse, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, homogenize, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, integrate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, open, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overgrow, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, precipitate, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, react, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, secularize, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sorb, sour, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin, think, thrive, thrombose, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wake up, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen, zonk out

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): advance, build, build up, condition, educate, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, fructify, get well, heal, help, iron out, mend, perfect, polish, purify, raise, recuperate, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, surge, turn around, upgrade

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: amelioration, ameliorative, amelioratory, amendable, better, betterment, improvement, improver, melioration, meliorative

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): im

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検準2級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, joy, positive, trust