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- 1. the improvement of something: "they believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of society"
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noun [ U ] formal uk / ˈbet.ə.mənt / us / ˈbet̬.ɚ.mənt / Add to word list. improvement: Several changes have been made for the betterment of the sport. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing. adaptive evolution. advance the cause. advanced. advancement. age. boom. evolved. flourish. flower. formatively.
1. : a making or becoming better. 2. : an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility. Examples of betterment in a Sentence. working for the betterment of the lives of working people.
Betterment definition: the act or process of bettering; improvement.. See examples of BETTERMENT used in a sentence.
improvement that is made to something, especially to a property, area, etc.: Governor O'Malley yesterday described the betterment of Maryland's infrastructure as an investment for future generations. (Definition of betterment from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of betterment. betterment.
noun. /ˈbetəmənt/ /ˈbetərmənt/ [uncountable] (formal) the process of becoming or making something/somebody better synonym improvement. His life offered me no hope of betterment. Want to learn more?
How to use . betterment in a sentenceI think what we want and what we need is to be part of the system, and change it for the betterment of our people.
noun. 1. a making or being made better; improvement. 2. US, Law. an improvement that increases the value of property and is more extensive than mere repairs. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. betterment in American English. (ˈbetərmənt) noun. 1.