betterment
pronunciation
How to pronounce betterment in British English:
UK [ˈbetəmənt]
How to pronounce betterment in American English:
US [ˈbetərmənt]
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- Noun:
- a change for the better; progress in development
- an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
- the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Word Origin
- betterment (n.)
- 1590s, from better (v.) + -ment.
Example
- 1. They do not hold out much hope for a betterment of their plight from the new government .
- 2. Instead , the us applied the palliative of easy credit sustaining an illusion of economic betterment for all .
- 3. Hence his interest in social betterment , which ultimately brought the word ' socialist ' into the name of his party .
- 4. For though economic betterment was their banner , there is little doubt that gorbachev and his supporters first set out to right moral , rather than economic , wrongs .
- 5. Yet he has detailed plans for his people 's betterment , from universities to high-speed rail , and he 's delivering on them .