Definizione monolingua

improvement

improvement (plural improvements)

1. 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.

   ""I look upon your city as the best place of improvement."" -Robert South.

   ""Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties."" -Hugh Blair.

2. The act of making profitable use or application 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.

   ""A good improvement of his reason."" - Samuel Clarke.

   ""I shall make some improvement of this doctrine."" -John Tillotson.

3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.

   ""The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet."" -Joseph Addison.

4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.

   ""There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays."" -Joseph Addison.

   ""Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity."" -Robert South.

5. (plural): Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
6. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Definizione dizionario improvement

	miglioramento
	A change that makes something better or more agreeable.

emendazione

miglioria

perfezionamento

progresso

Altri significati:

(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

(plural): Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

recovery (from illness)

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.

Increase; growth; progress; advance.

The act of making profitable use or application 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.

The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.