improvement
noun
- process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be better
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Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/
noun
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
“November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.”
“Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.”
- 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.
“good improvement of his reason.”
“I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.”
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- Something which is improved
“the new edition is an improvement on the old.”
“The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques.”
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
“Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.”
- 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.