- improvement
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, major, marked, massive, material, radical, remarkable, significant, substantial, tremendous, vast▪
The players have shown a marked improvement in recent weeks.
▪We expect to see a significant improvement in the near future.
▪ marginal, minor, modest, slight, small▪The latest figures are a slight improvement over last year's results.
▪ notable, noticeable, obvious, visible▪ actual, definite, distinct, genuine, real, tangible▪ measurable▪ dramatic, drastic, rapid, sharp▪ gradual, incremental, steady▪ constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, ongoing, progressive, sustained▪ long-term▪ short-term▪ temporary▪ further▪ all-round (BrE), general, overall▪ important, notable▪ much-needed, necessary▪ welcome (esp. BrE)▪ useful (esp. BrE)▪ positive▪ recent▪ immediate▪ desired (esp. AmE), expected▪ suggested▪The suggested improvements were not carried out.
▪ possible, potential▪ moral▪ economic, educational, environmental, health, safety, social▪ efficiency, organizational (esp. AmE), performance, productivity, quality, service (esp. BrE), technical, technological▪ agricultural, land▪ ground (= stadium) (BrE), housing (esp. BrE), school▪The club will spend £300 000 on ground improvements.
▪ infrastructure, rail (BrE), road, transport (BrE), transportation (AmE)▪ homeVERB + IMPROVEMENT▪ be, constitute, reflect, represent▪The country's economic record since 1945 represents an improvement on the period between the world wars.
▪ demonstrate, exhibit, indicate, show▪Exports have showed some improvement.
▪ maintain▪Will the team be able to maintain its improvement of last season?
▪ need, require▪ carry out, effect, make▪He made a steady improvement and was released within 10 days of admission.
▪ deliver, lead to, offer, produce, provide, result in, yield▪The drug produced an improvement in all but one case.
▪ achieve, bring (about), secure (esp. BrE)▪steps taken to secure improvement in students' attendance
▪ seek▪ call for, demand▪ recommend, suggest▪ encourage, promote▪ announce (esp. BrE), report▪Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales for the third quarter.
▪ note, notice, observe, see, witness▪With this exercise plan you will notice an enormous improvement in your stamina.
▪ experience▪The economy has experienced steady improvement.
▪ find▪No improvement was found after the tenth day of treatment.
IMPROVEMENT + VERB▪ occur, take place▪ result from sth▪ include sthIMPROVEMENT + NOUN▪ initiative, plan, programme/program, project, scheme (BrE), strategy▪We have an ambitious improvement plan for the property.
▪The proposed road improvement scheme involves bypassing several towns.
▪ efforts, work (esp. BrE)▪The improvement work to houses will create jobs.
▪ ratePREPOSITION▪ improvement in▪The new factory brought a huge improvement in working conditions.
▪ improvement on, improvement over, improvement upon▪These results are a distinct improvement on last year's.
▪ improvement to▪Several improvements were made to the design during its production run.
PHRASES▪ an area for improvement, an area of improvement▪The new assessment system could pinpoint areas for improvement within the company.
▪ room for improvement, scope for improvement▪Their average grades have risen, but there is still room for improvement.
▪ signs of improvement▪The economy is showing signs of improvement.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
