{
    "term": "improvement",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of making something better; the process of something becoming better",
            "sensetop": "improvement in something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The economy has shown **significant improvement** over the past 9 months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We expect to see **further improvement** over the coming year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sales figures continue to show **signs of improvement**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were areas that needed improvement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a need for **continuous improvement** in performance.",
                    "contextForm": "improvement in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think there is **room for improvement** in any organization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No improvement was found after the tenth day of treatment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy has experienced steady improvement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The improvement work to houses will create jobs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new assessment system could pinpoint areas for improvement within the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The proposed road improvement scheme involves bypassing several villages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have an ambitious improvement plan for the property."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "enormous"],
                "verb + improvement": ["be", "constitute", "reflect"],
                "improvement + verb": ["occur", "take place", "result from something"],
                "improvement + noun": ["initiative", "plan", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": ["improvement in", "improvement on", "improvement over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an area for improvement",
                    "an area of improvement",
                    "room for improvement"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a change in something that makes it better; something that is better than it was before",
            "sensetop": "improvement in somethingimprovement to somethingimprovement on somethingimprovement over something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **significant/dramatic improvement**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **slight/steady improvement**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a **marked improvement** in the quality of teaching.",
                    "contextForm": "improvement in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The work should lead to an improvement in water quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decade **saw **vast **improvements** in cardiology techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have **made** some mechanical **improvements** to the car.",
                    "contextForm": "improvement to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a great improvement on your previous work.",
                    "contextForm": "improvement on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results are certainly an improvement over last year.",
                    "contextForm": "improvement over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to make further improvements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been significant improvements in construction safety in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made a steady improvement and was released within 10 days of admission."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If suggested improvements are not carried out, we have the right to suspend the insurance cover."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several improvements were made to the design during its production run."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club will spend £300 000 on ground improvements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug produced an improvement in all but one case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest figures are a slight improvement over last year's results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new factory brought a huge improvement in working conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The players have shown a marked improvement in recent weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales for the third quarter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With this exercise plan you will notice an enormous improvement in your stamina."
                },
                {
                    "text": "improvements to the bus service"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "enormous"],
                "verb + improvement": ["be", "constitute", "reflect"],
                "improvement + verb": ["occur", "take place", "result from something"],
                "improvement + noun": ["initiative", "plan", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": ["improvement in", "improvement on", "improvement over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an area for improvement",
                    "an area of improvement",
                    "room for improvement"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/",
                "audio": "im/improvement/improvement__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/",
                "audio": "im/improvement/improvement__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English emprowement (in the sense ‘profitable management or use; profit’), from Anglo-Norman French, from emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’)."
}