- (n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- (n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
- (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A useful addition to or modification of, a machine, manufacture or composition.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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