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betterment

/ˈbɛtəmənt/US/ˈbɛtɚmənt/

betterment noun: an improvement or amelioration.

Noun

betterment (countable and uncountable, plural betterments)

  1. (uncommon) An improvement or amelioration.
    • When BR "back-checked" (BR's term) the financial results of steam replacement across 49 schemes, where DMUs had been substituted on the London Midland Region, only one was now profitable. BR thinking on such substitutions referred to "betterment", not profit or loss.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43
  2. An improvement to a property that adds to its value.

betterment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

betterment in Hindi

बेहतरी

betterment in Tamil

சீர்திருத்தம், மேம்பாடு, முன்னேற்றம், அபிவிருத்தி

betterment in Urdu

بہتری, درستی, فلاح

betterment in Malayalam

betterment
അഭിവൃദ്ധി abhivr̥ddhi, മികവ് mikavŭ
More languagesFewer languages
betterment in Kannada
ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ, ಏಳಿಗೆ, ಸುಧಾರಣೆ, ಉತ್ತಮವಾಗುವಿಕೆ
betterment in Indonesian
perbaikan

Forms of betterment

pluralbetterments

Origin of betterment

From better + -ment.

Words formed from betterment

Questions about betterment

What does betterment mean?
Betterment means an improvement or amelioration.
What is betterment in Hindi?
Betterment in Hindi is बेहतरी. See Betterment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is betterment?
Betterment is a noun.
How do you pronounce betterment?
Betterment is pronounced /ˈbɛtəmənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of betterment?
The plural of betterment is betterments.

Words near betterment in the dictionary

  1. Betteridge's law of headlines
  2. bettering
  3. bettering house
  4. betterings
  5. betterish
  6. betterment
  7. betterments
  8. bettermost
  9. bettern't
  10. betterness
  11. betternesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betterment (page history and authors); betterment (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); betterment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); betterment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അഭിവൃദ്ധി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); betterment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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