Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

    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.

    Verbesserung

    улучше́ниеulučšénije, усоверше́нствованиеusoveršénstvovanije, исправле́ниеispravlénije

    покра́щенняpokráščennja, полі́пшенняpolípšennja, вдоскона́ленняvdoskonálennja

    the act of improving something

  2. (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.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state of being improved; betterment; advance

  4. (countable, uncountable)Something which is improved

    the new edition is an improvement on the old.

    The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Increase; growth; progress; advance.

  6. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Examples

188 sentences
  1. This is an improvement.

    Це покращення.

    ruЭто прогресс.

    deDas ist eine Verbesserung.

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  2. That would be an improvement.

    Це було б покращенням.

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  3. I wouldn't call this an improvement.

    ruЯ бы не назвал это улучшением.

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  4. Tom is pleased with the improvements.

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  5. I've made a couple of improvements.

    deIch habe ein paar Verbesserungen vorgenommen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of improving:
Русский
By meaning 1
act of improving:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of improving:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: improvements

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • an an improvement
  • room for improvement
  • some improvements

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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