improva'bility

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improve (ɪmˈpruːv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to make or become better in quality; ameliorate
2.  (tr) to make (buildings, land, etc) more valuable by additions or betterment
3.  (intr; usually foll by on or upon) to achieve a better standard or quality in comparison (with): to improve on last year's crop
 
n
4.  informal (Austral) on the improve improving
 
[C16: from Anglo-French emprouer to turn to profit, from en prou into profit, from prou profit, from Late Latin prōde beneficial, from Latin prōdesse to be advantageous, from pro-1 + esse to be]
 
im'provable
 
adj
 
improva'bility
 
n
 
im'provableness
 
n
 
im'provably
 
adv
 
im'prover
 
n
 
im'provingly
 
adv

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