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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|emprovement}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|xno|-}} {{m|fro|emprouwement}}. {{surf|en|improve|-ment}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-improvement.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|im|prove|ment}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The act of [[improve|improving]]; [[advance]]ment or growth; a [[bettering]]
#* '''November 9, 1662''', {{w|Robert South}}, ''Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God''
#*: I look upon your city as {{...}}the best place of '''improvement'''.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1783|author=w:Hugh Blair|title=Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
|passage=Exercise is the chief source of '''improvement''' in all our faculties.}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=19|passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest '''improvements''' likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=70|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21579879-buy-out-firm-really-does-focus-operational-improvements-engineers Engineers of a different kind]
|passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.{{...}}Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational '''improvement'''” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.}}
# The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1705|author=w:Samuel Clarke|title=Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
|passage=good '''improvement''' of his reason.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1681|author=w:John Tillotson|title=A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge
|passage=I shall make some '''improvement''' of this doctrine.}}
# The state of being improved; [[betterment]]; advance
# Something which is improved
#: {{ux|en|the new edition is an '''improvement''' on the old.}}
#* {{RQ:Spectator|III|273|12 January 1712|passage=The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are '''improvements''' on the Greek poet.}}
# Increase; growth; progress; advance.
#* {{RQ:South Twelve Sermons|passage=Those vices which more particularly receive '''improvement''' by prosperity.}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
# ''(Patent Laws):'' A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|improval}}<!-- Google Books has a little over 1000 hits, going back to 1820 -->, {{l|en|amelioration}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|worsening}}
* {{l|en|deterioration}}
* {{l|en|disimprovement}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|en|self-improvement}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|disimprovement|home improvement|Pareto improvement|Pareto-improvement|require improvement|Kaldor-Hicks improvement}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of improving}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَحْسِين|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բարելավում}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|hobekuntza}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|паляпшэ́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подобре́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|напре́дък|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|millora|f}}, {{t|ca|millorament|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|改進|tr=gǎijìn}}, {{t+|cmn|改善|tr=gǎishàn}}, {{t+|cmn|改良|tr=gǎiliáng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zlepšení|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forbedring|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verbetering|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plibonigo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|parannus}}, {{t+|fi|parantaminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|amélioration|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაუმჯობესება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Verbesserung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βελτίωση|f}}, {{t+|el|καλυτέρευση|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הִשְׁתַּלְּמוּת|f|tr=hishtalmút}}, {{t|he|שיפור|m|tr=shipur|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सुधार|m}}, {{t|hi|तरक़्क़ी|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|javulás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|peningkatan}}, {{t+|id|perbaikan}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|feabhas|m}}, {{t|ga|biseach|m}} {{qualifier|in health}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|miglioramento}}, {{t|it|salto di qualità|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|改善|tr=かいぜん, kaizen}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|개선(改善)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|подобрување|n}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|pembaikan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakawhanaketanga}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|forbedring|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|forbetring|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بهبود|tr=behbud}}, {{t+|fa|اصلاح|tr=eslâh}}, {{t+|fa|ترقی|tr=taraqqi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|polepszenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|ulepszenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|poprawa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|melhora}}, {{t+|pt|melhoramento}}, {{t+|pt|melhoria}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|îmbunătățire|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|улучше́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|усоверше́нствование|n}}, {{t+|ru|исправле́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|совершенствование|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|piseach|m}}, {{t|gd|leasachadh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|побољша́ње}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|poboljšánje}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zlepšenie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|izboljšava|f}}, {{t|sl|izboljšanje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mejora|f}}, {{t|es|mejoramiento|m}}, {{t+|es|enmienda|f}}, {{t+|es|mejoría|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förbättring|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|покра́щення|n}}, {{t|uk|полі́пшення|n}}, {{t|uk|вдоскона́лення|n}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|اصلاح|f|tr=islāh}}, {{t|ur|بہتری|f|tr=behtrī}}, {{t|ur|ترقی|f|tr=taraqqī}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwelliant|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַרבעסערונג|f}}, {{t|yi|תּיקון|m|tr=tikn}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|uplift}}

===References===
{{R:Webster 1913}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|improvement}}.

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|it|rare}} {{l|en|improvement}}
#: {{syn|it|miglioramento|perfezionamento}}