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