improvement

«improvement» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The act of getting better or making something better — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an improvement, improvements)

meaning for a pupil

1) The act of getting better or making something better. tree →

2) A change or addition that makes something better (home improvements). tree →

3) The amount by which something has become better (an improvement of 10 marks). tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports and maths problems about scores (his score went from 12 to 18, an improvement of 6). In everyday life, home improvements, health improvements. Phrases: «a big improvement», «room for improvement», «an improvement on», «show improvement».

examples

• Israel Davidson for suggesting a few improvements. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Your handwriting shows a big improvement. tree →
• Her test score went from 60 to 75, an improvement of 15 marks. tree →
• There is still room for improvement. tree →
• The new park is an improvement on the old one. tree →
• Dad is doing some home improvements. tree →
• The doctor saw an improvement in Grandpa's health. tree →
• You have many ships built by learned men, with all sorts of new and clever improvements. tree →

note

Countable and uncountable. Verb «improve». In maths: improvement = new value − old value (75 − 60 = 15); for times in a race, an improvement means a SMALLER time (12 seconds to 10 seconds is an improvement of 2 seconds).

In the corpora

• Hedgehog says «scales are a tremendous improvement on prickles».
• Many schools use a special pen colour, often purple or green, for edits, so the teacher can see the improvements.
• Peer feedback means a classmate reads your work and suggests improvements; useful feedback is kind, specific and helpful.
• Some school words are official jargon, like "approaching standard" in the US or "requires improvement" for a UK school.
• "Requires improvement" is an official UK inspection grade meaning the school is poor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «improvement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.