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Synonyms for Improvement
ɪmˈpruv məntim·prove·ment
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
improvement
The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.
Synonyms:
advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, valueAntonyms:
damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, wastePreposition:
The profit of labor; on capital; in business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
improvement
Synonyms:
advancement, amendment, progress, increase, correction, proficiencyAntonyms:
degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, retrogression
Princeton's WordNet
improvement, betterment, advancenoun
a change for the better; progress in development
Synonyms:
progress, amelioration, forward motion, procession, advance, advancement, improvement, feeler, melioration, approach, cash advance, overture, rise, progression, onward motion, bettermentAntonyms:
declination, declineimprovementnoun
the act of improving something
"their improvements increased the value of the property"
Synonyms:
melioration, betterment, advanceAntonyms:
declination, declineimprovement, meliorationnoun
a condition superior to an earlier condition
"the new school represents a great improvement"
Synonyms:
amelioration, melioration, betterment, improvement, advanceAntonyms:
declination, decline
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
improvementnoun
Synonyms:
amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment, progress, proficiency, advancementimprovementnoun
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good use, beneficial employmentimprovementnoun
Synonyms:
practical application (as of a doctrine)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
improvementnoun
Synonyms:
betterment, amelioration, meliorism, utilization
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "improvement":
improving, improvements, improve, improved, enhancement, upgrading, enhancing, improves, enhancements, betterment, enhance, better, enhances, refinement, enhanced, amelioration, upgrade, 'amélioration, progress, increase, verbesserung, advancement
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#495 | better | |
#985 | increase | |
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#1266 | approach | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1727 | benefit | |
#1728 | progress | |
#1837 | advance | |
#2088 | upgrade | |
#2173 | improvement | |
#2314 | profit | |
#2419 | advantage | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2804 | utility | |
#2812 | amendment | |
#2863 | improved | |
#3400 | enhance | |
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#3962 | enhanced | |
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#5072 | correction | |
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#7517 | proceeds | |
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#9532 | upgrading | |
#9793 | advancement | |
#10144 | improves | |
#10318 | receipts | |
#10769 | progression | |
#11759 | avail | |
#12633 | proficiency | |
#13683 | enhances | |
#16448 | refinement | |
#16611 | usefulness | |
#18638 | overture | |
#24284 | procession | |
#45588 | betterment | |
#60531 | expediency | |
#84346 | amelioration | |
#100776 | feeler | |
#174287 | emolument | |
#263141 | verbesserung |
How to use Improvement in a sentence?
I would argue that a system that has a rare rate of failures and overall gets better glycemic control would be an improvement over the current situation, which also has failures of a different type, even if the system isn't 100 % perfect, which nothing is, it's probably still going to be better than the current way of doing things.
Hoping for improvement. Organizationally, just continue to fight for social justice, for better. But at the same time, have to abide by the jury and the decision and the verdict and continue to fight for better.
This information is key in helping determine whether anticompetitive behavior is occurring, whether our antitrust enforcement agencies should investigate specific issues and whether or not our antitrust laws need improvement to better promote competition in the digital markets.
The committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium-term.
A lot of the operational improvement that gets implemented is really driven by the front-line workforce — the people in sales, customer service, working in the plant. And so it’s a way to have them share in the upside but also to drive much greater engagement at that level in whatever priorities that we’re trying to deploy.
Translations for Improvement
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- milloraCatalan, Valencian
- zlepšeníCzech
- forbedringDanish
- VerbesserungGerman
- βελτίωση, καλυτέρευσηGreek
- plibonigoEsperanto
- mejoría, enmienda, mejoramiento, mejoraSpanish
- hobekuntzaBasque
- بهبودPersian
- parantaminen, parannusFinnish
- améliorationFrench
- feabhsúIrish
- leasachadh, piseachScottish Gaelic
- הִשְׁתַּלְּמוּת, שיפורHebrew
- բարելավումArmenian
- miglioramentoItalian
- 改善Japanese
- ಸುಧಾರಣೆKannada
- verbeteringDutch
- melhoria, melhora, melhoramentoPortuguese
- îmbunătățireRomanian
- улучшениеRussian
- poboljšánjeSerbo-Croatian
- פֿאַרבעסערונגYiddish
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