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improvement

  • noun
  • im·prove·ment
  • /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

Other meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The state of being improved; betterment; advance

Synonyms

  • advance

Related words

  • misimprovement
  • nonimprovement
  • overimprovement
  • pseudoimprovement
  • unimprovement
  • disimprovement
  • home improvement
  • Pareto improvement
  • Pareto-improvement
  • require improvement
  • Kaldor-Hicks improvement
  • tomahawk improvement

Example sentences

  • “Improvement is a process, not a destination.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “Gradual improvements can be hard to notice, but they're still there.”

    Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “improvement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.