improvement
Meaning
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- 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.
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- Something which is improved
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
Synonyms
land-reclamation
modification
incremental and continuous improvement
modenization
improved condition
professional development
approvement
change for the better
enhance
Frequency
Hyphenated as
im‧prove‧ment
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.
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