an act of improving or the state of being improved.
a change or addition by which a thing is improved.
a person or thing that represents an advance on another in excellence or achievement: The new landlord is a great improvement over his greedy predecessor.
a bringing into a more valuable or desirable condition, as of land or real property; betterment.
something done or added to real property that increases its value.
profitable use, as of a period of time.
Origin of improvement
1400–50; late Middle English improuement<Anglo-French emprouement something profitable (especially exploitation of land). See improve, -ment
Most noticeable is the improvement Biden has seen with older voters.
The key shifts in Minnesota and Wisconsin that have improved Biden’s chances of victory|Philip Bump|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
For starters, they’ve made vast improvements in their special teams play while in the bubble.
Teams Don’t Win The Stanley Cup With A Goal Deficit. Can The Dallas Stars Change That?|Terrence Doyle|September 16, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Apple updated the high end of its tablet range back in March, but the mid-range iPad Air has gone 18 months without improvement.
Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event: 5 things to look for|Aaron Pressman|September 15, 2020|Fortune
In early 2020, Alipay even made an improvement to its in-app search algorithm so users can directly search for the name of a stock or finance product, instead of accessing them through the menu.
Are search engines dead in China?|Ada Luo|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Thanks to these and other performance improvements, Microsoft says a trillion-parameter model could be scaled across as few as 800 Nvidia V100 GPUs.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 12)|Singularity Hub Staff|September 12, 2020|Singularity Hub
And this constitutes a bit of an improvement over 10 or 20 years ago.
Ebola and America’s Childish Narcissism|Michael Tomasky|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is an improvement on the Permanent International Peace Bureau, Charles Albert Gobat, and Ludwig Quidde.
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.
Mississippi Is Hell for These Lesbians|Emily Shire|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No one will deny these schools' sexual assault responses are in need of scrutiny and improvement.
No Rapes On Campus? No Way.|Emily Shire|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The women with the most severe symptoms experienced the most striking improvement; still others showed no improvement al all.
Take ADHD Drugs to Treat Menopause?|Brandy Zadrozny|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The General had a quick eye to see where improvement could be introduced, and his energy never flagged.
From Slave to College President|Godfrey Holden Pike
The day dragged slowly to its close, and no rest came to the sufferer, nor sign of improvement to relieve our anxiety.
A Crystal Age|W. H. Hudson
The imagination hardly keeps pace with the progress of population, improvement, and civilization.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
There is reason to hope that the fall in 1935 means an improvement in the general situation.
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand|David G. McMillan
By those voyages the seeds of various kinds of knowledge and improvement were at different times imported into England.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
British Dictionary definitions for improvement
improvement
/ (ɪmˈpruːvmənt) /
noun
the act of improving or the state of being improved
something that improves, esp an addition or alteration
alteration of the structure, fixtures, fittings, or decor of a building without changing its functionCompare conversion (def. 9)
(usually plural)Australian and NZa building or other works on a piece of land, adding to its value