Dictionary Entry
improvement
improvement is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 25 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
- 2noun
The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- 3noun
The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
- 4noun
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- 5noun
Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- 6noun
A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
- 7noun
the act of improving something
"their improvements increased the value of the property"
- 8noun
a change for the better; progress in development
Synonyms
- 9noun
a condition superior to an earlier condition
"the new school represents a great improvement"
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