Improvement

What do we mean by improvement?

The act or process of improving. noun

The state of being improved. noun

A change or addition that improves. noun

The act of improving or making better, or the state of being made better; advancement or increase in any good quality; betterment. noun

Profitable use or employment; practical or advantageous application: as, the improvement of one's time. noun

Use; practice; indulgence. noun

A betterment; that by which the value or excellence of a thing is enhanced; a beneficial or valuable change or addition. noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration noun

The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved. noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance. noun

Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises. noun

A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. noun

The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance. noun

: Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. noun

: A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

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.

The state of being improved; betterment; advance

Something which is improved

Increase; growth; progress; advance.

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

(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Words that are spelled similarly to improvement:
improvement, improvident, imposement, improvements, approvement.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word improvement:
cleaning, drainage, achievement, improvements, chronic, efficiency, matters, quality, improving, conservation, grants, improved, predecessor, symptoms, improve, environmental, previous, infrastructure, projects, reduction, patients, trees, patient.

Words that rhyme with improvement:
movement, self-improvement, bowel movement, artistic movement, religious movement, apparent movement, ecumenical movement, art movement, feminist movement, labor movement, gay liberation movement, oxford movement, trade union movement, youth movement, reform movement, cultural movement, feeling of movement, sense of movement, political movement.

Adjectives that are often used to describe improvement:
significant, great, continuous, further, marked, considerable, clinical, general, substantial, little, rapid, moral, slight, gradual, dramatic, much, vast, self, steady, real, internal, economic, major, progressive, greater, agricultural, immediate, overall, symptomatic, continual, definite, environmental, remarkable, intellectual, permanent, greatest, temporary, constant, possible, distinct, mental, technological, continued, genetic, noticeable, future, technical, qualitative, spontaneous, term, functional, modest, slow, apparent, educational, subjective, radical, corresponding, civic, potential, relative, notable, striking, mutual, subsequent, incremental, obvious, instructional, tremendous, moderate, appreciable, marginal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective improvement:
oriented, schemes, circles, programs, cuttings, bonds, liens, districts, commissioners, projects, efforts, scale, note, bias, trusts, ramp, times, selection, related, sections, based, societies, areas, courses, bond.

Words that sound like improvement:
improvement, improvements, approvement, impressment, imprudent, impeachment, impertinent, impermanent, improvident, imbursement, impregnant, improve on, deprivement, empressement, depravement, improving, employment, implement, temperament, empowerment, enrichment, impairment, unproven, embracement, engravement, home improvement, approachment, imponent, impressments, immurement, impartment, imposement.