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   improvement

   /ɪmˈpruːvm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. an example of improving or being improved: "an improvement in East–West relations"
   • ▪ the action of improving or being improved: "there's still room for improvement"
   • ▪ a thing that makes something better or is better than something else: "home improvements"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishemprowement (in the sense ‘profitable management or use; profit’), from Anglo-Norman French, from emprower (see improve).

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