improvement

Noun
Synonyms: bettermentadvancemelioration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a change for the better; progress in developmentSynonyms: bettermentadvance
  2. the act of improving something“their improvements increased the value of the property”
  3. a condition superior to an earlier condition“the new school represents a great improvement”Synonyms: melioration
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Improvement \Im*prove"ment\, n.

1.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. [1913 Webster]

I look upon your city as the best place of improvement.— South.[1913 Webster]
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.— Blair.[1913 Webster]

2.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. "A good improvement of his reason." --S. Clarke. [1913 Webster]

I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]

3.The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. [1913 Webster]

The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

4.Increase; growth; progress; advance. [1913 Webster]

There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.— South.[1913 Webster]

5.pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises; as, to convey the land together with all improvements. [1913 Webster]

6.(Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent. [1913 Webster]

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