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1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. 2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. 3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. 4. Increase; growth; progress; advance. 5. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. 6. A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. 7. the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" 
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