improvement
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(noun) the act of improving something: "Their improvements increased the value of the property" |
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Related Words: airing, amelioration, betterment, change of state, clarification, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, clearing, correcting, correction, development, enhancement, enrichment, fix, fixing, humanisation, humanization, melioration, mending, modernisation, modernization, modernizing, perfection, rectification, redevelopment, reform, renovation, repair, reparation, self-improvement, self-reformation, sweetening, tenderization, upturn, ventilation |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development |
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Synonyms: advance, betterment |
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Related Words: accommodation, adjustment, conservation, elaboration, fitting, preservation, recovery, refinement, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification, shift, transformation, transmutation |
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(noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition: "the new school represents a great improvement" |
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Related Words: betterment, condition, development, renovation, restoration, status |
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Antonyms: decline |
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