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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
4. noun. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
5. noun. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
6. noun. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
7. noun. the act of improving something

   "their improvements increased the value of the property"

8. noun. a change for the better; progress in development

   Synonyms: advance, betterment

9. noun. a condition superior to an earlier condition

   "the new school represents a great improvement"

   Synonyms: melioration

Synonyms

advance, betterment, melioration

Common word forms

improvements

Words from these letters

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