improving

1. 1.

   getting higher or more vigorous

   “its an up market”

   “an improving economy”

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Questions about improving

What does improving mean?

improving means "getting higher or more vigorous".

How many syllables are in improving?

improving has 3 syllables: im-pro-ving. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹuvɪŋ/.

What is another word for improving?

Close synonyms include up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is improving a common word?

improving is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with improving?

2 words rhyme with improving. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.