nnoun.eventa change for the better; progress in developmentSynset:advance betterment
Derivationally Related Form:improveadvancebetter
Hypernyms:shift transformation transmutation
Inherited Hypernyms:improvementtransformationchangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:accommodationadjustmentconservationelaborationfittingpreservationrecoveryrefinementresurgencerevitalisationrevitalizationrevivalrevivification
Full Hyponyms:adjustmentcardiopulmonary resuscitationconservationdomesticationhabituationreadjustmentrebirthrecoveryrefinementregenerationresurrectionresuscitationrevivalshakedown
nnoun.actthe act of improving somethingExamples:- their improvements increased the value of the property
Derivationally Related Form:improve
Hypernyms:change of state
Inherited Hypernyms:improvementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:airingameliorationbettermentclarificationcleaningcleansingcleanupclearingcorrectiondevelopmentenhancementenrichmentfixfixingfixturehumanisationhumanizationmeliorationmendmendingmodernisationmodernizationoptimisationoptimizationoverhaulperfectionrectificationredevelopmentreformrenovationrepairreparationself-improvementself-reformationstabilisationstabilizationsweeteningtenderisationtenderizationupgradeupturnventilation
Full Hyponyms:advancementameliorationamendmentanastylosisautosuggestionband aidbathbroadeningbubble bathcamera carecar carecarecatharsiscleaningclearingcorrectioncorrectional rehabilitationdarningdepilationdevelopmentdisinfestationdry cleaningelaborationelectrolysisemendationenhancementenrichmentface liftfertilizationfortificationforwardinggentrificationhousecleaninghumanizationindemnificationinterim overhaulland reformmakeovermikvahmodernizationmoralizationmud bathoil changeoptimizationoverhaulpasteurizationpatchingperfectionphysical rehabilitationproduct developmentpump primingpurgepurificationre-establishmentre-formationreassemblyrebuildingreclamationrecompensereconstructionredressreforestationreformrefreshmentrehabilitationreinstatementrejuvenationrenovationrepairrestitutionrestorationretributionsalvesanitationscheduled maintenancescrubself-improvementshaveshowersponge bathspring-cleaningstabilizationsteam fittingsterilizationstrideswabbingsweepingtenderizationtonsuretop dressingturkish bathupgradeupturnurban renewalventilationvocational rehabilitationwashupwork flow
nnoun.statea condition superior to an earlier conditionSynset:melioration
Examples:- the new school represents a great improvement
Antonyms:decline
Derivationally Related Form:improvemeliorate
Hypernyms:condition status
Inherited Hypernyms:improvementconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bettermentdevelopmentreformationrefurbishmentrenovationrestoration
Full Hyponyms:bettermentcounterreformationdevelopmentreformationrenovationunderdevelopment