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Improvement
//ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering countable, uncountable
"November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement."
- 2 the act of improving something wordnet
- 3 The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. countable, uncountable
"good improvement of his reason."
- 4 a change for the better; progress in development wordnet
- 5 The state of being improved; betterment; advance countable, uncountable
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- 6 a condition superior to an earlier condition wordnet
- 7 Something which is improved countable, uncountable
"the new edition is an improvement on the old."
- 8 Increase; growth; progress; advance. countable, uncountable
"Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity."
- 9 Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- 10 A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.
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