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improvement - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of improving.
- noun The state of being improved.
- noun A change or addition that improves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of improving or making better, or the state of being made better; advancement or increase in any good quality; betterment.
- noun Profitable use or employment; practical or advantageous application: as, the improvement of one's time.
- noun Use; practice; indulgence.
- noun A betterment; that by which the value or excellence of a thing is enhanced; a beneficial or valuable change or addition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration
- noun 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.
- noun The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved.
- noun Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- noun Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises.
- noun (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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. - noun 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.
- noun The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
- noun Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- noun plural : Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- noun : A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of improving something
- noun a change for the better; progress in development
- noun a condition superior to an earlier condition
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the progrefs of improvement, the firft may rife to anj extravagance of price; the fecond has a limitation in the value c»f the ground employed to produce them; tlie third may be cx« ceedingly variable in a date of cpntinued improvement*
The Monthly Review 1776
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Memory improvement means _improvement of the Action_ or _Manner_ of action of the Mental powers, and that what he imparts is the right way to USE the Intellect and Attention -- and that hence his System does make and must make better observers, clearer and more consecutive thinkers, and sounder reasoners as well as surer rememberers; that in short the fundamental principle of his System is Learn by Thinking, and that his achievements as a mind-trainer are completed when he has helped the student of his System to acquire the Habit of Attention and the Habit of
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The word improvement has itself been improved; it is now next generation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word improvement has itself been improved; it is now next generation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word improvement has itself been improved; it is now next generation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word improvement has itself been improved; it is now next generation.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Almost none of the improvement is the consequence of new drugs or new devices.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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Almost none of the improvement is the consequence of new drugs or new devices.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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Almost none of the improvement is the consequence of new drugs or new devices.
U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan David Brown 2010
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* Waiting for Superman suggests that teacher improvement is a matter of increased control and discipline over teachers.
What ‘Superman’ got wrong, point by point Valerie Strauss 2010
Related Words
synonyms (133)
Words with the same meaning
- 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
- growth
- housebreaking
- in-service training
- increase
- 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
- re-creation
- reactivation
- readying
- realignment
- rearing
- rebirth
- reclamation
- reconstitution
- reconversion
- recovery
- 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
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