Improvement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of improving.
  • n. The state of being improved.
  • n. A change or addition that improves.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. The act of making profitable use or application 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.
  • n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
  • n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  • n. : Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
  • n. : A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration
  • n. 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.
  • n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved.
  • n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  • n. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises.
  • n. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of improving or making better, or the state of being made better; advancement or increase in any good quality; betterment.
  • n. Profitable use or employment; practical or advantageous application: as, the improvement of one's time.
  • n. Use; practice; indulgence.
  • n. A betterment; that by which the value or excellence of a thing is enhanced; a beneficial or valuable change or addition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of improving something
  • n. a change for the better; progress in development
  • n. a condition superior to an earlier condition
  • Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melioration    betterment    advance    increase    growth    progress   
    Verb Stem
    improv   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    development    progress    reform    education    advantage    increase    expansion    difference    resource    knowledge