Other forms: improvements
An improvement is a change that makes something better. A big improvement, room for improvement, home improvements.
It is measured against what was there before, so the same state can be an improvement for one person and a decline for another. Home improvements are building work on a house. Note improve, from an old word meaning to turn to profit.
1nounimprovementA change that makes something better.
“Your writing shows a big improvement since last term.”
improvement is a change for the better.
Anglo-Norman emprouwement comes from prou, profit or advantage. Improve first meant to turn to profit.
Vulgar Latin
prode — advantageous, profitable
Old French
en-
Anglo-Norman
emprouwer
English
improve
English, today
improvement
Built from
From Anglo-Norman - emprouwement. by surface analysis, improve + -ment. improve comes from Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA