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improvement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/
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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres:
- Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
- November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.
(countable, uncountable) The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. 1681, John Tillotson, A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge:
- good improvement of his reason. 1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion:
(countable, uncountable) The state of being improved; betterment; advance
(countable, uncountable) Something which is improved
- the new edition is an improvement on the old.
- Here 12...B-B3 as in Fischer-Geller is quite necessary. Black intended an improvement on this variation but received bad advice on his pre-analysis. 1968 January, Petar Trifunovich, “The Tournament of Solidarity in Skopje, the City of Earthquakes”, in Chess Review:
- The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet. 1712 January 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, January 12, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 273; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques.
(countable, uncountable) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
(countable, qualifier:Patent Laws, uncountable) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
emprovement		alternative	lexicographic
improvements	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (79)

it miglioramento (act of improving) · ar تَحْسِين (act of improving) · ka გაუმჯობესება (act of improving) · yi תּיקון (act of improving) · hy բարելավում (act of improving) · ca millorament (act of improving) · sk zlepšenie (act of improving) · ca millora (act of improving) · id perbaikan (act of improving) · es mejoría (act of improving) · fa بهبود (act of improving) · nl verbetering (act of improving) · ms pembaikan (act of improving) · ur ترقی (act of improving) · pt melhora (act of improving) · el καλυτέρευση (act of improving) · sv förbättring (act of improving) · pl polepszenie (act of improving) · uk полі́пшення (act of improving) · nb forbedring (act of improving) · ro îmbunătățire (act of improving) · mi whakawhanaketanga (act of improving) · ur بہتری (act of improving) · mk подобрување (act of improving) · es mejoramiento (act of improving) · is betrumbót (act of improving) · sl izboljšava (act of improving) · cy gwelliant (act of improving) · gd leasachadh (act of improving) · ru совершенствование (act of improving) · uk покра́щення (act of improving) · hi सुधार (act of improving) · cmn 改良 (act of improving) · es mejora (act of improving) · eu hobekuntza (act of improving) · is úrbætur (act of improving) · de Verbesserung (act of improving) · sh poboljšánje (act of improving) · be паляпшэ́нне (act of improving) · ru усоверше́нствование (act of improving) · nn forbetring (act of improving) · ka გაუკეთესება (act of improving) · ur اصلاح (act of improving) · ga feabhas (act of improving) · bg напре́дък (act of improving) · he הִשְׁתַּלְּמוּת (act of improving) · ang bōt (act of improving) · fi parantaminen (act of improving) · yi פֿאַרבעסערונג (act of improving) · eo plibonigo (act of improving) · pl poprawa (act of improving) · fi parannus (act of improving) · ru улучше́ние (act of improving) · da forbedring (act of improving) · pt melhoramento (act of improving) · sh побољша́ње (act of improving) · sl izboljšanje (act of improving) · hi तरक़्क़ी (act of improving) · cmn 改善 (act of improving) · ka სრულყოფა (act of improving) · gd piseach (act of improving) · pt melhoria (act of improving) · cmn 改進 /改进 (act of improving) · hu javulás (act of improving) · pl ulepszenie (act of improving) · ru исправле́ние (act of improving) · bg подобре́ние (act of improving) · ga biseach (act of improving) · fa اصلاح (act of improving) · it salto di qualità (act of improving) · uk вдоскона́лення (act of improving) · he שיפור (act of improving) · ko 개선 (act of improving) · id peningkatan (act of improving) · ja 改善 (act of improving) · el βελτίωση (act of improving) · fr amélioration (act of improving) · fa ترقی (act of improving) · cs zlepšení (act of improving)

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