improvement B1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #8566 Meanings 1 noun The process of making something better. There is room for improvement in your essay. 2 noun A change that makes something better than before. The new bridge is a big improvement on the old one. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a change that makes... bettermentmelioration More ameliorationimproval ↔ Opposites deteriorationdisimprovementworsening Word family Forms improvements Derived forms disimprovementmisimprovementnonimprovementoverimprovementpareto-improvementpseudoimprovementunimprovement Related forms uplift Common collocations home improvement Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment. Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # improvement **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 8566 ## Meanings 1. The process of making something better. 2. A change that makes something better than before. ## Examples - There is room for improvement in your essay. - The new bridge is a big improvement on the old one. ## Synonyms - amelioration - improval ## Antonyms - deterioration - disimprovement - worsening ## Derived Forms - disimprovement - misimprovement - nonimprovement - overimprovement - pareto-improvement - pseudoimprovement - unimprovement ## Related Forms - uplift ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment. ## AI Etymology Improvement comes from Anglo-Norman emprouwement. By surface analysis, improve + -ment. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The process of making something better” and “A change that makes something better than before”. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown