Synonyms for improvement
ɪmˈpruv məntim·prove·ment

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1. 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, value

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. improvement

   Synonyms:
   advancement, amendment, progress, increase, correction, proficiency

   Antonyms:
   degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, retrogression

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1. improvement, betterment, advancenoun

   a change for the better; progress in development

   Synonyms:
   progress, amelioration, forward motion, procession, advance, advancement, feeler, melioration, approach, cash advance, overture, rise, progression, onward motion, betterment

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

2. improvementnoun

   the act of improving something

   "their improvements increased the value of the property"

   Synonyms:
   melioration, betterment, advance

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

3. improvement, meliorationnoun

   a condition superior to an earlier condition

   "the new school represents a great improvement"

   Synonyms:
   amelioration, melioration, betterment, advance

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

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1. improvementnoun

   Synonyms:
   amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment, progress, proficiency, advancement

2. improvementnoun

   Synonyms:
   good use, beneficial employment

3. improvementnoun

   Synonyms:
   practical application (as of a doctrine)

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1. improvementnoun

   Synonyms:
   betterment, amelioration, meliorism, utilization

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1. 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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How to use improvement in a sentence?

1. The Fed:

   The Committee judges that there has been considerable improvement in labor market conditions this year, and it is reasonably confident that inflation will rise over the medium term to its 2 percent objective.

2. Erika Sward:

   There is still much room for improvement.

3. Nigel Kushner:

   There can be no meaningful improvement in investment into the Iranian economy until some robust banks agree to raise their head above the parapet and finance it, i believe they will, but it will take time... I believe it will happen over the next six months and then there will be a domino effect.

4. Hassan Ghomrawi:

   There are multiple studies that have shown that patients who do surgery when their function is very deteriorated may improve quite a bit, but their improvement is still not to the average, they lag behind in optimal benefit.

5. Florida Scott-Maxwell:

   No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.