improvement

Meaning

  1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
  2. 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.
  3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
  4. Something which is improved
  5. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  6. Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
  7. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
im‧prove‧ment
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/
Etymology

From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.

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