improvement
/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/ noun B1- 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 · the new edition is an improvement on the old.· The decade has seen vast improvements in techniques.
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
Plural improvements
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The overseer would not have objected, while he was about it, to have made some improvements in the garden, but the count had positively forbidden it to be touched.
I feel quite sure that you will soon see a great improvement in me in this respect, Marilla.”
“I know I’m not so freckled as I used to be, so I’ve much to be thankful for, but I really hadn’t dared to hope there was any other improvement.
“When I said that he improved on acquaintance, I did not mean that either his mind or manners were in a state of improvement; but that, from knowing him better, his disposition was better understood.”
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