betterment
the act or process of bettering; improvement.
an improvement of property other than by mere repairs.
Origin of betterment
1Other words from betterment
- self-bet·ter·ment, noun
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How to use betterment in a sentence
They heroically committed their lives to the betterment of our nation, only to be met with longstanding policies barring them from service or forcing them to conceal who they are.
House resolution apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ troops, federal workers | Chris Johnson | July 21, 2021 | Washington BladeSo, you can’t give up, you’ve got to keep trying to deal with improvement and betterment.
Richard is a nephew of physician and family patriarch Arthur Sackler, who in family lore was dedicated to the betterment of humankind but who, in Keefe’s account, comes off rather less charitably.
For the Sackler family, a dynasty built on medicine, marketing and pain | Jonathan Cohn | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostFlattening the curve requires Americans to all take fairly uniform actions — wearing masks, not gathering — for the betterment of the whole of society.
How we can encourage people to wear masks — for others’ sake | Shai Davidai | December 24, 2020 | VoxFor the betterment of performance, I recommend trying to identify ways to get out of learning mode, even if it means finding creative ways to expand targeting while still remaining relevant.
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I think what we want and what we need is to be part of the system, and change it for the betterment of our people.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America | John Avlon | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAsked to predict how they would fare in five years, Brazilians graded their chances for betterment at 9.2 on a scale of 10.
I consider it biological gonzo journalism in pursuit of the ultimate story—the betterment of my own health.
An Epidemic of Absence: Destroying the Bugs in Our Bodies Can Be Dangerous to Our Health | Moises Velasquez-Manoff | September 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Accrington Public Library was a fully stocked library built out of stone on the values of an age of self-help and betterment.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir | Jeanette Winterson | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“On the Limits of Self-Improvement”Vanity Fair, October 2007 There's an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment.
And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockSocial betterment must depend at every stage on the force of public spirit and public morality that inspires it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockEvery cent that is spent upon the betterment of the population will come back, sooner or later, as two.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThese are personal hygiene, selection of healthy mates, and the betterment of the environment.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterNor are we fond of hearing the English-speaking peoples talking about "the betterment of all mankind."
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for betterment
/ (ˈbɛtəmənt) /
a change for the better; improvement
property law an improvement effected on real property that enhances the value of the property
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