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improvement Definition

im·prove·ment (im pro̵̅o̅v′mənt)

noun

  1. an improving or being improved; esp.,
    1. betterment
    2. an increase in value or in excellence of quality or condition
    3. Now Rare profitable use
    1. an addition or change that improves something
    2. a person or thing representing a higher degree of excellence
  3. a change or addition to land or real property, as a sewer, fence, etc., to make it more valuable

Etymology: Anglo-Fr emprowement

improvement Synonyms

improvement

n.

  1. The process of making or becoming better

    betterment, amelioration, melioration, rectification, change, amendment, alteration, reformation, progression, advance, advancement, development, refinement, growth, rise, reclamation, civilization, gain, cultivation, progressiveness, increase, enrichment, promotion, recovery, recuperation, healing, regeneration, furtherance, renovation, modernization, remodeling, refurbishment, repair, reorganization, reform, emendation, revision, elaboration, enhancement, elevation, preferment, ennoblement, shaking down*, getting the bugs out*; see also revision.

    Antonyms decay*, deterioration, retrogression.

  2. That which has been improved

    addition, supplement, repair, extra, attachment, correction, reform, remodeling, modernization, betterment, refinement, luxury, advance, advancement, step forward, enhancement, new model, deluxe model, latest thing*, last word*; see also change 2.

improvement Law Definition

n

A modification to real estate that increases its value.
improvement Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • deliver: The Council is working to deliver real improvements to the lives of disabled people in Vale Royal.
  • achieve: However we are greatly encouraged by the performance improvement achieved over the last decade.
  • suggest: Can you suggest any improvements to how we can support artists better?
  • show: We were encouraged by our latest traffic figures last week which showed some improvement driven by long haul premium volumes.
  • secure: Securing continuous improvement to the policing service through the Best Value regime.
  • demonstrate: The AIS has also demonstrated exercise improvement with an even simpler approach.

Noun used with modifier

  • productivity: The productivity improvement forecast for the end of September was 3.25 % .
  • efficiency: EEC provides the opportunity to install energy efficiency improvements at discounted, lower costs.
  • home: You may also be eligible for the standard grants offered across the boro for home improvements.
  • performance: A number of performance improvements were put in place during March.
  • infrastructure: In addition, David Wilson Homes has been ordered to pay for infrastructure improvements such as traffic management and flood control.

Adjective modifier

  • continuous: Securing continuous improvement to the policing service through the Best Value regime.
  • significant: Significant improvements were made with the addition of up to two hours of therapist time.
  • continual: Identified areas for continual improvement against the indicators of successful presentations.
  • marked: All in all a marked improvement without any decrease in gasoline mileage.
  • environmental: In the last year North Down Boro Council has completed the following environmental improvements.
  • dramatic: Action taken in these areas can lead to quite dramatic improvements in the way vulnerable groups are treated.

Preposition: in

  • efficiency: Also, many new services can be introduced without dramatic improvements in spectrum efficiency.
  • productivity: Both users and employers reported vast improvements in productivity and efficiency.
  • quality: There have been improvements in the quality of the service over the last year.
improvement Quotes

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity and judgement with which it is any where directed, as applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.

—Smith, Adam

It is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave offeating animals, assurelyas the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they come in contact with the more civilized.

—Thoreau, Henry David

If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect inher situationwasthat nowshecould eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

—Alther, Lisa ne¤  e Reed

The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population.

—Mill,John Stuart