For improvement
1room for improvement — ► used to say that something is not good enough and could be made better: »The business is doing well, but there is definitely room for improvement. Main Entry: ↑room …
2room for improvement — index foible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3improvement — im‧prove‧ment [ɪmˈpruːvmənt] noun [countable, uncountable] the act or state of getting better: improvement in • Canandaigua Wine Co reported a 70% improvement in net income for the third quarter. • An economist said he was optimistic that… …
4petition for improvement — A property owner s petition for the formation of a local improvement district, the ultimate purpose being the construction of a public improvement the cost to be defrayed by a special assessment. 48 Am J1st Spec A § 129 …
5for — for1 [fôr, fʉr] prep. [ME < OE, akin to Ger für & Du ver < IE base * per > L per , pro , prae , Gr pro, Sans pári] 1. in place of; instead of [to use blankets for coats] 2. as the representative of; in the interest of [acting for… …
6for the better — For improvement, for greater good …
7improvement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, major, marked, massive, material, radical, remarkable …
8improvement — noun 1 (C, U) an act of improving or a state of being improved (+ in): There s certainly been an improvement in the children s behaviour. (+ to): We need to carry out some improvements to the computer system. | show an improvement: This month s… …
9improvement — [[t]ɪmpru͟ːvmənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ improvements 1) N VAR If there is an improvement in something, it becomes better. If you make improvements to something, you make it better. ...the dramatic improvements in organ transplantation in recent years... There… …
10improvement — im|prove|ment W2 [ımˈpru:vmənt] n 1.) [U and C] the act of improving something or the state of being improved improvement in/on/to ▪ There s been a big improvement in the children s behaviour. ▪ an improvement on earlier models ▪ We need to carry …
