improvementnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/B1 an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better:
a slight improvement in the economy
home improvements
These white walls are a big improvement on that disgusting old wallpaper.
He's been having treatment for two months now without any improvement.
More examples
- There's been a definite improvement in your English since you arrived.
- Billy's work at school has shown signs of improvement this year.
- Local parents successfully campaigned for safety improvements at the playground.
- The report suggests that there has only been a marginal improvement in women's pay over the past few years.
- The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect on the company as a whole.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- pickup
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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