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improvements

Syllables: im·prove·ments/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənts/

improvements is the plural of improvement.

Meaning of improvement

Noun

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.
  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.
    • good improvement of his reason.1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
  3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
  4. Something which is improved
    • the new edition is an improvement on the old.
  5. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
    • Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  6. (in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

See all 7 meanings of improvement

Phrases with improvements

Questions about improvements

What is improvements the plural of?
Improvements is the plural of improvement.
How do you pronounce improvements?
Improvements is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənts/.

Words near improvements in the dictionary

  1. improved on
  2. improved the occasion
  3. improved upon
  4. improvedst
  5. improvement
  6. improvements
  7. improven
  8. improver
  9. improvers
  10. improvership
  11. improverships

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