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{
"term": "improvement",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of making something better; the process of something becoming better",
"sensetop": "improvement in something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The economy has shown **significant improvement** over the past 9 months."
},
{
"text": "We expect to see **further improvement** over the coming year."
},
{
"text": "Sales figures continue to show **signs of improvement**."
},
{
"text": "There were areas that needed improvement."
},
{
"text": "There is a need for **continuous improvement** in performance.",
"contextForm": "improvement in something"
},
{
"text": "I think there is **room for improvement** in any organization."
},
{
"text": "No improvement was found after the tenth day of treatment."
},
{
"text": "The economy has experienced steady improvement."
},
{
"text": "The improvement work to houses will create jobs."
},
{
"text": "The new assessment system could pinpoint areas for improvement within the company."
},
{
"text": "The proposed road improvement scheme involves bypassing several villages."
},
{
"text": "We have an ambitious improvement plan for the property."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "enormous"],
"verb + improvement": ["be", "constitute", "reflect"],
"improvement + verb": ["occur", "take place", "result from something"],
"improvement + noun": ["initiative", "plan", "programme/program"],
"preposition": ["improvement in", "improvement on", "improvement over"],
"phrases": [
"an area for improvement",
"an area of improvement",
"room for improvement"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a change in something that makes it better; something that is better than it was before",
"sensetop": "improvement in somethingimprovement to somethingimprovement on somethingimprovement over something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **significant/dramatic improvement**"
},
{
"text": "a **slight/steady improvement**"
},
{
"text": "There has been a **marked improvement** in the quality of teaching.",
"contextForm": "improvement in something"
},
{
"text": "The work should lead to an improvement in water quality."
},
{
"text": "The decade **saw **vast **improvements** in cardiology techniques."
},
{
"text": "We have **made** some mechanical **improvements** to the car.",
"contextForm": "improvement to something"
},
{
"text": "This is a great improvement on your previous work.",
"contextForm": "improvement on something"
},
{
"text": "The results are certainly an improvement over last year.",
"contextForm": "improvement over something"
},
{
"text": "We need to make further improvements."
},
{
"text": "There have been significant improvements in construction safety in recent years."
},
{
"text": "He made a steady improvement and was released within 10 days of admission."
},
{
"text": "If suggested improvements are not carried out, we have the right to suspend the insurance cover."
},
{
"text": "Several improvements were made to the design during its production run."
},
{
"text": "The club will spend £300 000 on ground improvements."
},
{
"text": "The drug produced an improvement in all but one case."
},
{
"text": "The latest figures are a slight improvement over last year's results."
},
{
"text": "The new factory brought a huge improvement in working conditions."
},
{
"text": "The players have shown a marked improvement in recent weeks."
},
{
"text": "Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales for the third quarter."
},
{
"text": "With this exercise plan you will notice an enormous improvement in your stamina."
},
{
"text": "improvements to the bus service"
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "enormous"],
"verb + improvement": ["be", "constitute", "reflect"],
"improvement + verb": ["occur", "take place", "result from something"],
"improvement + noun": ["initiative", "plan", "programme/program"],
"preposition": ["improvement in", "improvement on", "improvement over"],
"phrases": [
"an area for improvement",
"an area of improvement",
"room for improvement"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/",
"audio": "im/improvement/improvement__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/",
"audio": "im/improvement/improvement__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English emprowement (in the sense ‘profitable management or use; profit’), from Anglo-Norman French, from emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’)."
}