improvement

[im·prove·ment]

When there's improvement, something is getting better. Going from a C to an A in math is an improvement.

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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 improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"

Noun
a change for the better; progress in development

Noun
a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"

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 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; 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.

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A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Improvement

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.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.

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.

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.

4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.

There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays.

Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.

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.

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.

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Usage Examples

For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

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Other Usage Examples

A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.

I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on.

I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance.

Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.

If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.