About The Word Improvement
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Improvement
Improvement Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Improvement?
[n] the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"
[n] a change for the better; progress in development [n] a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" Synonyms | Synonyms for Improvement: advance | betterment | melioration Related Terms | Find terms related to Improvement: about-face | accommodation | adaptation | adjustment | advance | alteration | amelioration | amendment | apostasy | apprenticeship | basic training | betterment | break | breaking | breeding | change | change of allegiance | change of heart | change of mind | changeableness | conditioning | constructive change | continuity | convalescence | conversion | cultivation | defection | degeneration | degenerative change | deterioration | development | deviation | difference | discipline | discontinuity | divergence | diversification | diversion | diversity | drill | drilling | enhancement | exercise | fetching-up | fitting | flip-flop | fostering | gain | gradual change | grooming | housebreaking | increase | in-service training | instauration | manual training | melioration | military training | mitigation | modification | modulation | new birth | nurture | nurturing | on-the-job training | overthrow | practice | preparation | progress | qualification | radical change | raising | reactivation | readying | realignment | rearing | rebirth | reclamation | reconstitution | reconversion | recovery | re-creation | recrudescence | recuperation | redemption | redesign | redintegration | reenactment | reestablishment | reform | reformation | regeneration | rehabilitation | rehearsal | reinstatement | reinstation | reinstitution | reinvestiture | reinvestment | remaking | renascence | renewal | repair | replacement | reshaping | restitution | restoration | restructuring | reversal | reversion | revival | revivification | revolution | rise | shift | sloyd | sudden change | switch | total change | training | transition | turn | turnabout | upbringing | upgrading | upheaval | upswing | variation | variety | violent change | vocational education | vocational training | worsening See Also | accommodation | adjustment | airing | amelioration | betterment | betterment | change of state | clarification | cleaning | cleansing | cleanup | clearing | condition | conservation | correction | development | development | elaboration | enhancement | enrichment | fitting | fix | fixing | fixture | humanisation | humanization | melioration | mending | modernisation | modernization | optimisation | optimization | perfection | preservation | recovery | rectification | redevelopment | refinement | reform | reformation | renovation | renovation | repair | reparation | restoration | resurgence | revitalisation | revitalization | revival | revivification | self-improvement | self-reformation | shift | stabilisation | stabilization | status | sweetening | tenderisation | tenderization | transformation | transmutation | upturn | ventilation Improvement In Webster's Dictionary \Im*prove"ment\, n.
1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in
desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land,
roads, etc.
I look upon your city as the best place of
improvement. --South.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all
our faculties. --Blair.
2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of
anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
turning to good account; practical application, as of a
doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. ``A
good improvement of his reason.'' --S. Clarke.
I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
--Tillotson.
3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also,
that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
improvement on the old.
The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others,
are improvements on the Greek poet. --Addison.
4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
There is a design of publishing the history of
architecture, with its several improvements and
decays. --Addison.
Those vices which more particularly receive
improvement by prosperity. --South.
5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,
clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a
machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.
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