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The definition of an improvement is an increase in value, condition or quality.

(noun)

An example of improvement is the U.S. dollar going up in value.
An example of improvement is a student going from a grade C to an A in science.

See improvement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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
a change or addition to land or real property, as a sewer, fence, etc., to make it more valuable

Origin: Anglo-Fr emprowement

See improvement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act or process of improving.
b. The state of being improved.
A change or addition that improves.

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Improvement

Couéism

a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, introduced into America about 1920 by the French psychotherapist Emile Coué and featuring the slogan “Every day in every way I am getting better and better.”

eugenics

the science of improving a breed or species through the careful selection of parents. —eugenicist, n. —eugenic, adj.

euthenics

the art or science of improving a race or breed, especially the human race, by control of external influences, as environment. Cf. eugenics. —euthenist, n.

meliorism

the doctrine that the world tends to get better or may be made better by human effort. —meliorist, n., adj. —melioristic, adj.

telesis

the harnessing of natural and social forces for a beneficial goal.

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