English noun: improvement |
| 1. | improvement (event) a change for the better; progress in development |
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| Synonyms | advance, betterment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shift, transformation, transmutation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accommodation, adjustment, conservation, elaboration, fitting, preservation, recovery, refinement, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification |
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| 2. | improvement (act) the act of improving something |
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| Samples | Their improvements increased the value of the property.
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| Broader (hypernym) | change of state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | airing, amelioration, betterment, clarification, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, clearing, correction, development, enhancement, enrichment, fix, fixing, fixture, humanisation, humanization, melioration, mend, mending, modernisation, modernization, optimisation, optimization, overhaul, perfection, rectification, redevelopment, reform, renovation, repair, reparation, self-improvement, self-reformation, stabilisation, stabilization, sweetening, tenderisation, tenderization, upgrade, upturn, ventilation |
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| 3. | improvement (state) a condition superior to an earlier condition |
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| Samples | The new school represents a great improvement.
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| Synonyms | melioration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | betterment, development, reformation, refurbishment, renovation, restoration |
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| Antonyms | declination, decline |
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