Used in a Sentence

improvements

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for improvements.

Editorial note

As long as the functionality is there and basic improvements have been made, I'm not at all upset.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of improvements gathered in one view.

noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance

noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for improvements.

noun

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

noun

The state of being improved; betterment; advance

noun

Increase; growth; progress; advance.

noun

Something which is improved

Example sentences

1

As long as the functionality is there and basic improvements have been made, I'm not at all upset.

2

Help us make our users and our staff happy, and find potential for improvements while you're at it.

3

Sometimes you get an excellent referee who really knows his stuff and gives reasonable comments for improvements.

4

This also goes for a series of technical rewards and 'godly' improvements on the hardware, the software and their development.

5

And so they fail to make the necessary improvements when they can, and can't afford it when they have to.

6

Your work will typically initiate person-months of security improvements in products millions of people use.

7

If you like working at scale, to make improvements in the lives of entrepreneurs, there's plenty for us to get done together.

8

What real commitment from Apple would give you is bug-fixes and improvements to Webkit.

9

It requires funding, perseverance, trial and error, incremental improvements as much as breakthroughs.

10

Gotta imagine what beast would've come out of $1-5bil in improvements to that.

11

The real world speed improvements from specific methods are the significant part.

12

We have an existing iPhone app and are looking for an experienced mobile developer to make improvements and help us develop an Android version.

Quote examples

1

I propose the following law: "The size of web pages must expand so that, regardless of CPU and bandwidth improvements, a page will load slower than a Usenet post on a 9.6kbps modem in 1993."

2

California also has the worst electrical infrastructure in the nation, and is not doing something like "requiring the EV people who will stress it" to pay a tax for improvements, or if they wanted to be punitive, a tax on gas cars to pay for it, or anything other than saying what a great idea this would be and pushing for it on the environmental side.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use improvements in a sentence?

As long as the functionality is there and basic improvements have been made, I'm not at all upset.

What does improvements mean?

The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering

What part of speech is improvements?

improvements is commonly used as noun.