Science is a good thing, but it is not an end in itself; it is a means toward an end and that end is human betterment.
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Betterment
//ˈbɛtəmənt//
Synonyms for "betterment" (101 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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8 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- напредък noun (an improvement)
- подобрение noun (an improvement)
- подобрение noun (improvement to a property)
- подобряване noun (an improvement)
Finnish
1 entries- parannus noun (an improvement)
French
1 entries- amélioration noun (an improvement)
Hungarian
1 entries- javulás noun (an improvement)
Indonesian
1 entries- perbaikan noun (an improvement)
Italian
1 entries- miglioramento noun (an improvement)
Spanish
2 entries- mejora noun (an improvement)
- mejora noun (improvement to a property)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tebboune works for the betterment of Algeria.
Source: tatoeba (11775380)
We can contribute to the betterment of society.
Source: tatoeba (12115380)
When BR "back-checked" (BR's term) the financial results of steam replacement across 49 schemes, where DMUs had been substituted on the London Midland Region, only one was now profitable. BR thinking on such substitutions referred to "betterment", not profit or loss.
Source: wiktionary
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