Meaning of improvement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
   countable, uncountable
2. improvement, improving, amelioration, betterment, refinement
3. enhancement, enhancing, upgrade, upgrading (in quality)
4. 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.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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.”
6. upturn
7. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
   countable, uncountable
8. the science of improving a breed or species through the careful selection of parents. — eugenicist, n. — eugenic, adj.
   n
9. third-person singular present indicative
10. Something which is improved
    countable, uncountable
11. 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.
    n
12. second-person singular imperative
13. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
    countable, uncountable
14. the doctrine that the world tends to get better or may be made better by human effort. — meliorist, n., adj. — melioristic, adj.
    n
15. Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
16. the harnessing of natural and social forces for a beneficial goal.
17. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
    countable, uncountable
18. to (cause to) become better, of higher quality etc. His work has greatly improved; They recently improved the design of that car. verbeter يُحَسِّن подобрявам melhorar zlepšit (se) verbessern forbedre βελτιώνω, βελτιώνομαιmejorar, perfeccionar parandama, paranema بهتر شدن parantaa améliorer לְשַפֵּר सुधारना, सुधरना poboljšati javul; javít; fejleszt meningkatkan, memperbaiki bæta, laga migliorare 良くする 개선하다 pagerinti, patobulinti, pagerėti uzlabot; pilnveidot; uzlaboties; pilnveidoties meningka...
    etc
19. to produce something which is better, more useful etc than. I think I can improve on that suggestion. verbeter op يُدْخِل تَحْسينات على подобрявам melhorar zdokonalit, vylepšit verbessern forbedre δημιουργώ κτ. καλύτερο mejorar, perfeccionar täiustama بهتر کردن parantaa améliorer לְשַׁפֵּר से बेहतर करना to bolje (tovább)fejleszt memperbaiki bæta við, gera betur migliorare ～を改良する 개선하다 pagerinti, patobulinti uzlabot memperbaiki verbeterenforbedre, pynte påulepszyć سمون melhorar a ameliora улучш...
    etc
20. mejoría, restablecimiento, recuperación.
21. The act or process of improving.
22. A change or addition that improves.

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Examples

“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.”

“Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.”

“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.”

“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.”

“good improvement of his reason.”

“I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.”

“the new edition is an improvement on the old.”

“The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.”

“Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.”

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