IMPROVEMENT
\ɪmpɹˈuːvmənt], \ɪmpɹˈuːvmənt], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈuː_v_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of IMPROVEMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
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A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
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A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
By Noah Webster.
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Advancement of anything from one condition to a better; that by which the value of anything, especially property, is increased.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of improving: advancement or progress: increase, addition, or alteration: the turning to good account: instruction.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of improving; something that improves, as a change in a machine.
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The practical application, as of a sermon.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of improving, or state of being improved : advancement in moral worth, knowledge, or other excellence ; - tillage ; cultivation of land ;- culture ; instruction, as of the mind; - edification ; practical application of a sermon ; lesson taught or learned from a subject or event ;- beneficial use of means of advantages ; act of turning to account.
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Melioration, advancement from good to better; act of improving; progress from good to better; instruction, edification ; effect of melioration.
By Thomas Sheridan
