Collocations for "improvement"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "improvement" in context.
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improvement
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [massive, minor, drastic, new] improvements
- make [household, home] improvements
- make improvements around the [house, home]
- the improvements added [value, $20,000] to the property
- [your homework, the process] still needs (more) improvement
- (still) needs improvement (before)
- is still room for improvement
- [make, implement, design] improvements
- [experienced, saw, noticed] an improvement (in)
- is showing signs of improvement
- has shown no improvement
- an improvement in [speed, performance, quality]
- an improvement in [her, the patient's] condition
- is an improvement over the [previous, former, last]
- improvements to the [system, school, process]
- a 10- [point, percent] improvement (on)
- anything would be an improvement over
- a home improvement [loan, contractor]
'improvement' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
achievement
- address
- ample
- catalyst
- considerable
- continuous
- decided
- dedication
- definite
- demand
- dramatic
- dummy
- expect
- home
- hopeful
- illusion
- immediate
- mark
- marked
- modest
- notice
- noticeable
- overall
- personal
- promising
- pronunciation
- relation
- relative
- remit
- room
- ruling
- salary
- scope
- show
- sign
- slight
- spectacular
- sustained
- tangible
- technique
- thrilled
- unprecedented
- vast
- well-being