Improvement

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Compare improvement with other words:

improved vs. improvement

improvement vs. progressive

improvement vs. refinement

improvement vs. rise

fostering vs. improvement

improvement vs. learning

change vs. improvement

approvement vs. improvement

growth vs. improvement

ameliorate vs. improvement

improvement vs. mobile

improvement vs. improver

improvement vs. melioration

improvement vs. redub

enhancement vs. improvement

betterment vs. improvement

improvable vs. improvement

chasten vs. improvement

flipping vs. improvement

improvement vs. progress

improvement vs. reformation

improvement vs. recrudescence

improval vs. improvement

advance vs. improvement

amelioration vs. improvement

improve vs. improvement

amendment vs. improvement

developer vs. improvement

good vs. improvement

improvement vs. realization

help vs. improvement