improvement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of improving something

   their improvements increased the value of the property

2. 2
   noun

   a condition superior to an earlier condition

   the new school represents a great improvement

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

   good improvement of his reason.

5. 5
   noun

   Something which is improved

   the new edition is an improvement on the old.

6. 6
   noun

   Increase; growth; progress; advance.

   Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.

7. 7
   noun

   a change for the better

8. 8
   noun

   The state of being improved; betterment; advance

Etymology

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