Meaning of the word improvement

Improvement is the process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be better, usually through some action intended to bring about that better state. The concept of improvement is important to governments and businesses, as well as to individuals.

History of the conceptEdit

The term «improvement» in general means «gradual, piecemeal, but cumulative betterment», which can refer to both individuals and societies as a whole.[1] The term «improvement» historically referred to land improvement, the process of making wildland more suitable for human uses, particularly the cultivation of crops.[2] Agricultural writers contrasted «improvement» with the traditional custom that governed farming practices at the time. The belief in agricultural «improvement» was the belief that the earth could be made more fruitful. More specifically, it was the belief that «the knowledge of nature would allow the best possible use of resources».[3] It emerged in late medieval England and later shaped the colonies of the British Empire, through what Richard Drayton describes as «enlightened imperialism». The British believed «that they ultimately knew better than those on the ground».[4]

This limited agricultural use of the term changed in the 17th century, when «its metaphoric range was extended to include a host of social and political reforms aimed at growth, development, or perfection».[2] In short order, the term «improvement» became «nothing less than shorthand for the civilizing process»,[2][5] and thereafter «played an important role in eighteenth- century European debates over the foundations of social order».[2] Friedrich Nietzsche criticized this concept of «improvement» in his notes published in The Will to Power, asserting that it created a false and self-serving sense of human superiority over nature, and that the «civilizing» of man was actually a «softening».[6]

In the 20th century, the concept of improvement expanded even further. Businesses developed philosophies of having a continual improvement process, wherein all activities of the business are constantly examined to weed out inefficiencies and better ways of carrying out tasks. At the same time, the concept of an individual self-improvement blossomed, leading to «tremendous growth in self-help publishing [and] self-improvement culture»,[7] wherein people assessed their lives in much the same way. Home improvement, the process or result of improving the efficiency, livability, or market value of a personal dwelling, has also become a substantial industry.

Sarah Tarlow, a professor of Archaeology, has argued that the idea of “improvement” is so familiar to us today that it seems natural. It is therefore difficult to fully understand the history of “improvement” as a concept and to appreciate that it was a genuinely new way of thinking in the early modern period. Furthermore, in contemporary use, the notion of “improvement” is assumed to be positive. This assumption has limited the critical attention given to the history of the idea and the practices associated with it. For example, the enclosure of common land for private use was understood as an “improvement” in the eighteenth century. But this had both positive and negative effects for the different people involved. The poor family who were denied a crucial means of subsistence did not regard the newly enclosed fields as “better”.[8]

In businessEdit

Many theories and practices exist with respect to improvement in business. For example, business process improvement is a systematic approach to help an organisation optimise its underlying processes to achieve more efficient results. One such approach is focused improvement, the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, by working on eliminating its constraints one by one while not working on non-constraints. Performance improvement focuses on measuring the output of a particular business process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. Quality improvement is one of the four aspects of the concept of quality management. A crucial component of professional development is evaluation. Recently, we have seen a push for evaluation systems to be used to sort and fire teachers—a supposed quick fix, but one that ignores the vast majority of dedicated educators. To be effective, an evaluation system must identify strengths and weaknesses, so that all teachers can get the necessary support to improve their practice.

Your commitment and ability to improve defines your potential which is of interest to anyone who is a customer, employer, stakeholder as like a craftsman his ability to improve represents the marked improvement in his work from one to the next.

In governmentEdit

Governments often use language proposing an improvement of processes or areas. In some places a business improvement district or tourism improvement district may be incorporated into urban zoning, with the enactment of laws intended to benefit businesses that are established in the area. An improvement trust, a type of legal trust created for the improvement of something, may be settled for the benefit of a municipal area.

See alsoEdit

In government
  • Improvement commissioners, a form of government in 18th-century Britain
  • Improvement and Development Agency, a British governmental agency established in 1998
  • Improvement districts of Alberta, a type of rural municipality
Other
  • Improvement Era, the magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published from 1897–1970
  • Natural vision improvement, a regimen developed by William Horatio Bates for improving human vision
  • Preemphasis improvement, the improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the high-frequency portion of the baseband in FM broadcasting
  • In taxonomy, improvement is used as a synonym for emendation, a scientific change to the name of a living organism made to remove spelling and style errors

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Paul Slack, The Invention of Improvement: Information & Material Progress in Seventeenth-Century England (2015), p. 1
  2. ^ a b c d Alan Craig Houston, Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement (2008), p. 12.
  3. ^ Richard Drayton, Nature’s Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the ‘Improvement’ of the World (2000), p. xv
  4. ^ Richard Drayton, Nature’s Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the ‘Improvement’ of the World (2000), p. 90
  5. ^ See also Andrew D. Lambert, The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North West Passage (2014), p. 136: «The Enlightenment concept of improvement as applied to the land was seen as a civilising mission».
  6. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power (2011 ed.), p. 91, 212.
  7. ^ Micki McGee. Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life (Oxford 2005) p. 12.
  8. ^ Sarah Tarlow, The Archeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850 (2007)

External linksEdit

Look up improvement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

  • «To improve education, improvements needed inside and outside the classroom». The Hill. 30 June 2014.
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Word IMPROVEMENT
Character 11
Hyphenation im prove ment
Pronunciations /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/

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What do we mean by improvement?

The act or process of improving. noun

The state of being improved. noun

A change or addition that improves. noun

The act of improving or making better, or the state of being made better; advancement or increase in any good quality; betterment. noun

Profitable use or employment; practical or advantageous application: as, the improvement of one’s time. noun

Use; practice; indulgence. noun

A betterment; that by which the value or excellence of a thing is enhanced; a beneficial or valuable change or addition. noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration noun

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. noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved. noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance. noun

Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises. noun

A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. noun

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. noun

The act of making profitable use or application 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. noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance. noun

: Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. noun

: A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

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.

The state of being improved; betterment; advance

Something which is improved

Increase; growth; progress; advance.

(in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Short for improvisation, a comedy format in which the performers make up the scene on the spot Urban Dictionary

Improvisational theater, performances where the material is improvised on the spot while they already in progress. Urban Dictionary

When you ask the audience to say a place, but you just make up one yourself, and then you and your actor partner have to describe the scene and the actions you are participating in. Urban Dictionary

A rappers ability to write rhymes about anything from a stop sign to a license plate to playing basketball and not only making his verses rhyme, but make sense too. Urban Dictionary

A place or thing which can be improved, a person who is capable of improving themselves or is willing to listen to someone who wants to show them how to improve. Urban Dictionary

A person who is good at or constantly ‘improvises’ or ‘makes up’ words, phrases or stories on the spot in an interesting and effective fashion. Urban Dictionary

Generally used after making a ridiculously funny statement, causing even more laughter from your peers Urban Dictionary

A practically joke group based in New York, America. They pull of harmless stunts that they call missions. There acts include multiple actors called agents. The group was founded in 2001 by Charlie Todd and there slogan is «We Cause Scenes». They go out and pull pranks such as No Pants where people ride the subway with no trousers. Frozen Grand Central where 207 agents froze in the subway for 5 minuets then just carry on as normal. Ted’s Birthday when they chose a random stranger and threw him a Birthday Party in a New York bar. Anton Chekhov was another one where an agent pretended to be a famous Russian play write who died over a century ago, he did a reading and signed some books, people believed him. The Moebius was when a small group of agents gathered in Costa Coffee and replayed the same scene every 5 minuets for an hour. Best Buy was an occasion when a group of 80 agents came into a shop called Best Buy dressed exactly the same as the shop staff, if asked if they worked at the shop they would say no but they would answer questions for customers. They are a group designed to go out much like a flash mob and amuse commuters. Urban Dictionary

An ABC sitcom airing from 1991-1999 and one of the most cleverly written sitcoms of the decade. Comedian Tim Allen starred as Tim Taylor, a chauvinist, handyman husband and father of three mischeivous sons who hosted a Detroit cable tool show called Tool Time, and just could help himself to giving «more power» to machinery. Much of the show also focused on the of the rest of the Taylor family: Tim’s wife Jill is a feminist and aspiring psychologist, the loner and very astute neighbor Wilson Wilson always provides advice for Tim, and Tim’s sons are mischeivious but good kids. Tim is very masculine and chauvinist (he even gets disgusted at just the thought of going to the opera), a handyman, clumsy, loved to make jokes about Al’s flannel shirts and overweight mother, always rewiring gadgets, was always competing with his next door neighbor Doc Johnson for the neighborhood’s best Christmas lights, seeking advice from his other neighbor Wilson Wilson (Wilson Wilson is not a typo)
Spoofs from the show:
1. Tim’s frequent jokes about Al’s flannel shirst and overweight mom.
2. always seeking advice from his next door neighbor Wilson Wilson, only to screw it up
3. Wilson’s face is always hidden
4. always rewiring things to give it “more power”…only to have it explode
5. his wife Jill can’t cook
6. Tim has an obsession with Sears
7. always competes with Doc Johnson, a 80-year old retired proctologist, for the neighborhood’s best Christmas lights
8. Tim is so clumsy that he dropped a steel beam on his wife’s car, fell though a portapotty, glued his head to a table, had a hammer frozen to his tongue, fell through the roof on a project house, blew up a friend’s house and blew up the dishwasher
9. always building a hot rod in the garage
10. frequently grunts when exited or perplexed
11. Bob Villa is his biggest competition
12. Tim often hits his head on a basement pipe above the stairs
13. frequently made jokes about his mother-in-law “Nanna’s” weight but stopped when he saw how thin she had become
14. Always wants Tool Time to take a commercial break when he gets injured
15. Tim frequently gets sick eating Polish food from «Stan’s» Polish restaurant in Hamtramk
16. Tim is well-known at the emergency room, even to the point of having his own cup labeled “Tim”
17. Tim often wears sweatshirts from a Michigan college.
18. Tim’s three sons’ are always bullied by Vinny McGern Urban Dictionary

While having sex or simulated sex, as via a webcam, attempting to perform a fantasy or scenario. Urban Dictionary

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улучшение, усовершенствование, мелиорация, удобства, перестройка, перестановка

существительное ↓

- часто pl улучшение; усовершенствование

- удобства (в доме, квартире)

a house with all modern /up-to-date/ improvements — дом со всеми современными удобствами 

- перестройка, перестановка (в целях улучшения)
- с.-х. мелиорация
- эк. повышение (цен)
- гидр. регулирование (реки)

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

decided / distinct / marked / substantial improvement — явное, значительное улучшение  
minor improvement — незначительное улучшение  
stable improvement — стойкое улучшение  
improvement in her work — прогресс в её работе  
improvement of service — улучшение обслуживания  
to bring about an improvement — совершенствовать  
to show (an) improvement — улучшаться  
incapable of improvement — не поддающийся улучшению  
policy improvement procedure — процедура совершенствования стратегии  
block improvement — усовершенствование блока  

Примеры с переводом

We’re aiming for a big improvement. 

Мы нацелены на значительное улучшение.

Are you making some improvements to your home? 

Вы что делаете перестановку/перепланировку у себя дома?

He fathered the improvement plan. 

Он разработал план мероприятий по улучшению.

Your English is much better, but there’s still room for improvement (=it could be even better). 

Ваш английский гораздо лучше, но еще есть к чему стремиться (=он может быть еще лучше).

I can detect signs of improvement in your thinking. 

Я замечаю, вы стали лучше мыслить.

Doctors were amazed by the sudden improvement in her medical condition. 

Врачи были поражены внезапным улучшением её состояния здоровья.

The weeks rolled on, but there was still no improvement in his health. 

Недели шли, а ему всё не становилось лучше.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

There’s been a big improvement in the children’s behaviour.  

The new medicine has brought about an immeasurable improvement in her life.  

…an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale…  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): improvement
мн. ч.(plural): improvements

Источник

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • emprovement (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Norman emprouwement; synchronically improve +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/
  • Hyphenation: im‧prove‧ment

Noun[edit]

improvement (countable and uncountable, plural improvements)

  1. 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.
    • 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
      Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.

    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

      Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

  2. 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.
    • 1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
      good improvement of his reason.
    • 1681, John Tillotson, A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge
      I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
  3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
  4. Something which is improved

    the new edition is an improvement on the old.

    • 1712 January 23 (Gregorian calendar)​, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele [et al.], “SATURDAY, January 12, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 273; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

      The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.
  5. Increase; growth; progress; advance.

    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

      Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.

  6. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
  7. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Synonyms[edit]

  • improval, amelioration

Antonyms[edit]

  • worsening
  • deterioration
  • disimprovement

Hyponyms[edit]

  • self-improvement

Derived terms[edit]

  • disimprovement
  • home improvement
  • Pareto improvement
  • Pareto-improvement
  • require improvement

Translations[edit]

act of improving

  • Arabic: تَحْسِين‎ m (taḥsīn)
  • Armenian: բարելավում (hy) (barelavum)
  • Basque: hobekuntza
  • Belarusian: паляпшэ́нне n (paljapšénnje)
  • Bulgarian: подобре́ние (bg) n (podobrénie), напре́дък (bg) m (naprédǎk)
  • Catalan: millora (ca) f, millorament m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 改進／改进 (zh) (gǎijìn), 改善 (zh) (gǎishàn), 改良 (zh) (gǎiliáng)
  • Czech: zlepšení (cs) n
  • Danish: forbedring (da) c
  • Dutch: verbetering (nl) f
  • Esperanto: plibonigo
  • Finnish: parannus (fi), parantaminen (fi)
  • French: amélioration (fr) f
  • German: Verbesserung (de) f
  • Greek: βελτίωση (el) f (veltíosi), καλυτέρευση (el) f (kalytérefsi)
  • Hebrew: הִשְׁתַּלְּמוּת‎ f (hishtalmút), שיפור‎ m (shipur)
  • Hindi: सुधार (hi) m (sudhār), तरक़्क़ी f (taraqqī)
  • Indonesian: peningkatan (id), perbaikan (id)
  • Irish: feabhas (ga) m, biseach m (in health)
  • Italian: miglioramento (it), salto di qualità m
  • Japanese: 改善 (ja) (かいぜん, kaizen)
  • Korean: 개선(改善) (ko) (gaeseon)
  • Macedonian: подобрување n (podobruvanje)
  • Maori: whakawhanaketanga
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: forbedring m or f
    Nynorsk: forbetring f
  • Persian: بهبود‎ (fa) (behbud), اصلاح‎ (fa) (eslâh), ترقی‎ (fa) (taraqqi)
  • Polish: polepszenie (pl) n, ulepszenie (pl) n, poprawa (pl) f
  • Portuguese: melhora (pt), melhoramento (pt), melhoria (pt)
  • Romanian: îmbunătățire (ro) f
  • Russian: улучше́ние (ru) n (ulučšénije), усоверше́нствование (ru) n (usoveršénstvovanije), исправле́ние (ru) n (ispravlénije), совершенствование (ru) n (soveršenstvovanije)
  • Scottish Gaelic: piseach m, leasachadh m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: побољша́ње
    Roman: poboljšánje (sh)
  • Slovak: zlepšenie n
  • Slovene: izboljšava f, izboljšanje n
  • Spanish: mejora (es) f, mejoramiento m, enmienda (es) f, mejoría (es) f
  • Swedish: förbättring (sv) c
  • Ukrainian: покра́щення n (pokráščennja), полі́пшення n (polípšennja), вдоскона́лення n (vdoskonálennja)
  • Urdu: اصلاح‎ f (islāh), بہتری‎ f (behtrī), ترقی‎ f (taraqqī)
  • Welsh: gwelliant (cy) m
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג‎ f (farbeserung), תּיקון‎ m (tikn)

See also[edit]

  • uplift

References[edit]

improvement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English improvement.

Noun[edit]

improvement m (invariable)

  1. (rare) improvement
    Synonyms: miglioramento, perfezionamento
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2

a

: the state of being improved

especially

: enhanced value or excellence

b

: an instance of such improvement : something that enhances value or excellence

Synonyms

Example Sentences



Doctors were amazed by the sudden improvement in her medical condition.



I’ve noticed a significant improvement in your work since the spring.



The editor made some improvements to the article before it was printed.



They spent the money on new kitchen cabinets and other home improvements.

Recent Examples on the Web

The new settlement comes after Kummrow claims the improvements will cost more than previously anticipated because of a former garbage dump that’s underneath the company.


—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023




Hamilton was delighted with the improvement Mercedes showed in Melbourne, which included a competitive qualifying performance on Saturday.


—Courtney Walsh, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023




Significant improvement on the defensive side of the ball could be just what the Bruins need to contend for their first Pac-12 title since 1998 in their farewell season as members of the conference.


—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023




Despite all the mechanical and electronic improvements, Saab hasn’t done much to make the turbo spin more quickly up to speed.


—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 Apr. 2023




These improvements have seemingly led to a number of Midjourney images going viral in recent weeks.


—James Vincent, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023




Alemán accuses the district of launching programs with much fanfare at press conferences but taking too long for improvements to reach all schools.


—Palabra, al, 29 Mar. 2023




Though a recent spate of rain and snow across the West have modestly raised the lake level, experts say the incremental improvement will have little long-term impact on the dire water crisis the West is facing.


—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023




The ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol, an indicator of LDL cholesterol levels, improved with weight loss, although those improvements were smaller as people regained weight.


—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023


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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of improvement was
circa 1550

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What does improvement mean? Here you find 23 meanings of the word improvement. You can also add a definition of improvement yourself

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The positive effect of a process change effort.

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mid-15c., enprowment «profitable use, management of something for profit,» from Anglo-French emprowement, from emprouwer «turn to profit» (see improve). Meaning «betterment; a [..]

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An increase in quality, functionality, value, or shorter delivery, etc. [D02830]

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As applies to real estate, any permanent structure or work (such as planting trees) on real property, which increases its value or extends its useful life. As defined by the IRS, an addition to or alt [..]

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a change for the better; progress in development the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" a condition superior to an earlier c [..]

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Any form of land development or man-made addition, such as the erection of a building or fence, to enhance the value of private property; also an improvement to publicly owned structures, such as a sewer or road.

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Definition Any construction that boosts a property’s value, including private structures like buildings and fences, as well as public structures like roads and water piping.

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EXPENDITURE directed to a particular ASSET to improve its performance or useful life.

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the act of making things better.

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(n) a change for the better; progress in development(n) the act of improving something(n) a condition superior to an earlier condition

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development or change (especially in performance) that meets with approval. In education it is particularly associated with gains made by an individual learner as measured by assessment tests. It is, [..]

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The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.

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«Improvement» means the facilities and other property constructed, erected or acquired by and to be used in the performance of services authorized to be performed by a district.

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n. any permanent structure on real property, or any work on the property (such as planting trees) which increases its value.

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Anything done to raw or vacant land with the intention of increasing its value A structure erected on the property constitutes one very common type of improvement, although other actions, such as those taken to improve drainage, are also improvements. Although such cases are rarely intentional, «improvements» can conceivably diminish the [..]

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Any valuable change or addition to a piece of land, such as buildings, clearing of bush, fencing, or irrigation works. If the land is sold or expropriated special compensation may be paid for the improvements on it depending on who made them and when.

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    improvement

    improvement [ɪmˊpru:vmənt]

    n

    1) улучше́ние, усоверше́нствование (on, upon)

    2) мелиора́ция

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > improvement

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    improvement

    Персональный Сократ > improvement

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    improvement

    English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > improvement

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    improvement

    [ɪmˈpru:vmənt]

    cost improvement повышение цен environmental improvement улучшение состояния окружающей среды forest improvement улучшение леса fundamental improvement существенное улучшение improvement мелиорация improvement модернизация improvement (амер.) перестройка, перестановка (в квартире, доме) improvement совершенствование improvement (амер.) удобства (в квартире, доме) improvement улучшение, усовершенствование improvement улучшение improvement in balance of payments улучшение платежного баланса improvement in employment увеличение занятости improvement in terms of trade улучшение условий торговли improvement in turnover повышение оборачиваемости improvement of competition рост конкуренции improvement of competition усиление конкуренции improvement of land мелиорация земли improvement of quality повышение качества improvement of the quality of life повышение уровня жизни improvement to dwelling улучшение жилищных условий land improvement мелиорация земель land improvement мелиорация земли lasting improvement длительное улучшение leasehold improvement улучшение арендованной собственности social improvement улучшение социального положения soil improvement мелиорация soil improvement окультуривание почвы structural improvement r.e. структурное совершенствование

    English-Russian short dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    [ɪm’pruːvmənt]

    n

    улучшение, усовершенствование, исправление, развитие

    There is need for improvement in your handwriting. — Вам необходимо улучшить почерк.

    This is a step towards social improvement. — Это уже шаг к социальным преобразованиям.

    This is a distinct improvement in railway comfort. — Это явное улучшение условий езды в поездах.

    This marked a further improvement in the street traffic. — Это явилось началом дальнейшего улучшения уличного движения.

    The book shows a marked improvement on his other works. — Эта книга значительно лучше его остальных работ.

    This is an improvement upon your first attempt. — По сравнению с вашей первой попыткой это уже прогресс.

    It would be difficult to suggest any improvement. — Не легко предложить еще какие-либо усовершенствования


    — day-to-day improvements
    — one’s vocabulary improvement
    — language improvement
    — astonishing improvements
    — great improvement in one’s life
    — improvement in building
    — on the whole there is significant improvement
    — undergo frequent and various improvements
    — show no sign of improvement
    — make about steady improvements
    — introduce much improvement
    — mark some improvement
    — show much improvement
    — notice a number of improvements in the town
    — bring about make improvement in smb’s health
    — hope for an improvement in the weather
    — number of improvements have been made
    — it is certainly an improvement
    — improvement takes place slowly
    — if no improvement results…

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    1. n часто улучшение; усовершенствование

    2. n амер. удобства

    3. n амер. перестройка, перестановка

    4. n амер. с. -х. мелиорация

    5. n амер. эк. повышение

    6. n амер. гидр. регулирование

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. development (noun) amelioration; amendment; amplification; betterment; correction; development; enhancement; growth; increase; increment; melioration; progress; upgrading

    English-Russian base dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    block improvement

    cockpit improvement

    drag improvement

    drag-to-lift improvement

    flutter velocity improvement

    fuel-burn improvement

    functional improvement

    lift improvement

    margin improvement

    mid-life improvement

    polar shape improvement

    power improvement

    ride improvement

    ride comfort improvement

    ride quality improvement

    robustness improvement

    stability margin improvement

    thrust improvement

    Авиасловарь > improvement

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    improvement

    улучшение, усовершенствование

    Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    Politics english-russian dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    Patent terms dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    [ımʹpru:vmənt]

    1. улучшение; усовершенствование

    a radical improvement in the international situation — радикальное оздоровление международной обстановки

    to be open to improvement — поддаваться исправлению /усовершенствованию/

    to show a great improvement — стать несравненно лучше, значительно улучшиться

    there is much room for improvement — (это) оставляет желать много лучшего; возможны значительные улучшения

    to be an improvement on /upon/ smth. — являться сдвигом /шагом вперёд/ по сравнению с чем-л., быть лучше чего-л.

    there can be improvement on and in him — можно найти лучшего человека или сделать так, чтобы он сам стал лучше

    today’s weather is an improvement on yesterday’s — сегодня погода лучше по сравнению с вчерашней

    1) удобства ()

    a house with all modern /up-to-date/ improvements — дом со всеми современными удобствами

    2) перестройка, перестановка ()

    НБАРС > improvement

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    improvement

    Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > improvement

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    improvement

    1) улучшение, совершенствование

    2) повышение (цен)

    Англо-русский словарь по экономике и финансам > improvement

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    improvement

    [ɪm’pruːvmənt]

    сущ.

    1) улучшение, усовершенствование; исправление; развитие

    decided / distinct / marked / substantial improvement — явное, значительное улучшение

    This edition is an improvement over the previous one. — Это улучшенное издание по сравнению с предыдущим.

    Syn:

    Syn:

    3) амер. удобства

    4) амер. перестройка, перестановка

    Англо-русский современный словарь > improvement

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    improvement

    улучшение; усовершенствование

    English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > improvement

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    improvement

    Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > improvement

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    improvement

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > improvement

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    improvement

    Англо-русский строительный словарь > improvement

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    improvement

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > improvement

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    improvement

    модернизация; реконструкция; улучшение; совершенствование

    English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > improvement

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Other forms: improvements

When there’s improvement, something is getting better. Going from a C to an A in math is an improvement.

If you want to improve something, you’ve got to make improvements. Lots of people strive for personal improvement: maybe it’s losing a few pounds for an improvement in their appearance, or reading more for an improvement in intelligence. Businesses look for improvement in customer service or profitability. Any change for the better or step in the right direction is an improvement.

Definitions of improvement

  1. noun

    the act of improving something

    “their
    improvements increased the value of the property”

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    tenderisation, tenderization

    the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it

    development

    the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining

    cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

    the act of making something clean

    correction, rectification

    the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

    optimisation, optimization

    the act of rendering optimal

    perfection

    the act of making something perfect

    reform

    a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

    amelioration, betterment, melioration

    the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

    self-improvement, self-reformation

    the act of improving yourself

    clarification, clearing

    the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

    enrichment

    act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding

    humanisation, humanization

    the act of making more human

    modernisation, modernization

    making modern in appearance or behavior

    overhaul, redevelopment, renovation

    the act of improving by renewing and restoring

    enhancement, sweetening

    an improvement that makes something more agreeable

    upturn

    an upward movement or trend as in business activity

    airing, ventilation

    the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air

    fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation

    the act of putting something in working order again

    stabilisation, stabilization

    the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn

    upgrade

    the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)

    auto-suggestion, autosuggestion, self-suggestion

    a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s

    advancement, progress

    gradual improvement or growth or development

    broadening

    the action of making broader

    elaboration, working out

    developing in intricate and painstaking detail

    product development

    improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products

    disinfestation

    the activity of getting rid of vermin

    spring-cleaning

    the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter

    scouring, scrub, scrubbing

    the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

    dry cleaning

    the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water

    sweeping

    the act of cleaning with a broom

    purge, purging

    an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

    purification

    the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

    sterilisation, sterilization

    the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

    sanitation, sanitisation, sanitization

    making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

    depilation, epilation

    the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)

    bathing, washup

    the act of washing yourself (or another person)

    redress, remediation, remedy

    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

    retribution

    the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

    compensation, recompense

    the act of compensating for service, loss, or injury

    land reform

    a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action)

    reform

    self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

    fortification

    the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)

    face lift, face lifting, facelift

    a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes

    moralisation, moralization

    the act of making moral (or more moral)

    darning

    the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads

    patching

    the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

    care, maintenance, upkeep

    activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

    band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky

    hurried repair

    restoration

    the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

    reconstruction

    the activity of constructing something again

    restitution

    the act of restoring something to its original state

    housecleaning

    the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

    housecleaning

    (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions

    amendment

    the act of amending or correcting

    emendation

    a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing

    dressing, fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization

    making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

    type of:

    change of state

    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

  2. noun

    a change for the better; progress in development

    synonyms:

    advance, betterment

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    renaissance, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification

    bringing again into activity and prominence

    elaboration, refinement

    the result of improving something

    accommodation, adjustment, fitting

    making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

    conservation, preservation

    an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

    recovery

    return to an original state

    readjustment

    the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)

    domestication

    accommodation to domestic life

    habituation

    a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

    Renaissance, Renascence, rebirth, renaissance

    the revival of learning and culture

    regeneration

    the activity of spiritual or physical renewal

    resurrection

    a revival from inactivity and disuse

    resuscitation

    the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness

    shakedown

    initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

    type of:

    shift, transformation, transmutation

    a qualitative change

  3. noun

    a condition superior to an earlier condition

    “the new school represents a great
    improvement”

    synonyms:

    melioration

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improvement

improvement — улучшение

Перевод слова improvement

improvement in her work — прогресс в её работе
improvement of service — улучшение обслуживания
to bring about an improvement — совершенствовать

Are you making some improvements to your home?
Вы что делаете перепланировку у себя дома?

The weeks rolled on, but there was still no improvement in his health.
Недели шли, а ему всё не становилось лучше.

He fathered the improvement plan.
Он разработал план мероприятий по улучшению.

Происхождение слова improvement

Образовано от глагола improve (улучшать, совершенствовать) с помощью суффикса -ment, который служит для формирования существительных, обозначающих действие.

Схожие слова

enhancement — усиление, усовершенствование
contrast enhancement — улучшение контрастности

betterment — улучшение, исправление
betterment work — работы по улучшению

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