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Noun improvement has 3 senses
- improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"
--1 is a kind of change of state
--1 has particulars: | tenderization, tenderisation; development; cleaning, cleansing, cleanup; correction, rectification; optimization, optimisation; perfection; reform; amelioration, melioration, betterment; self-improvement, self-reformation; clearing, clarification; enrichment; humanization, humanisation; modernization, modernisation; renovation, redevelopment; enhancement, sweetening; upturn; ventilation, airing; repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation; stabilization, stabilisation; upgrade |
- improvement, betterment, advance - a change for the better; progress in development
--2 is a kind of transformation, transmutation, shift
--2 has particulars:
- improvement, melioration - a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"
--3 is a kind of condition, status
Antonyms: decline, declination
--3 has particulars:
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