improvement

/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/

意味: 改善、向上

例文: Haruki noticed steady improvement in Kai.
　　  ハルキはカイの着実な向上に気づいた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: continuous improvement(継続的改善), significant improvement(著しい改善), gradual improvement(徐々の改善)

定義: 何かが良くなること、または良くすること。進歩や向上を指します。たとえば、スキルや状況が以前よりも良くなることを意味します。

improvementは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a change for the better; progress in development
Noun: the act of improving something
Noun: a condition superior to an earlier condition

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The team showed significant improvement this quarter.(チームは今四半期に大きな改善を見せた。)
Improvement in her skills impressed the entire staff.(彼女のスキルの向上は全スタッフを感心させた。)
Continuous improvement is key to business success.(継続的な改善がビジネス成功の鍵だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: their improvements increased the value of the property
Noun: the new school represents a great improvement

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): advance, betterment, improvement, melioration

Antonyms(反意語): decline

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change of state, condition, transformation

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): absolution, aeration, anchorage, arousal, astigmatism, atmosphere, atonicity, automation, beautification, beginning, brutalization, celibacy, change of color, chew, circumstance, climate, comfort, condemnation, conversion, cooking, curvature, danger, decline, decoration, defoliation, degeneration, degradation, deification, despair, difficulty, discomfort, dishabille, disorderliness, diversification, diversity, dominance, dryness, economic condition, emptiness, encapsulation, ennoblement, environmental condition, exoneration, eye condition, facilitation, financial condition, frizz, fruition, fullness, guilt, hairlessness, health, homelessness, hopefulness, hospitalization, hyalinization, identification, immunity, impaction, impropriety, improvement, impurity, infusion, iniquity, innocence, ionization, irradiation, lactosuria, laxness, leakiness, light, lubrication, malady, mechanization, meddling, mode, motivation, mummification, mutism, nakedness, need, niche, noise conditions, nomination, normality, nullification, orderliness, participation, passage, physical condition, place, polarization, population shift, prepossession, preservation, prognathism, protuberance, psychological state, purity, pyrolysis, regularization, reinstatement, repair, reversal, rustication, rustiness, safety, sanitary condition, saturation, scandalization, sea change, seasoning, serration, silence, situation, ski conditions, soiling, soundness, specialization, spiritualization, standardization, stigmatism, strengthening, sublimation, submission, subservience, susceptibility, tension, termination, tilth, tin pest, transfer, unsoundness, unsusceptibility, urbanization, vacuolization, virginity, way, weakening, wetness, wetting, worsening

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adjustment, amelioration, betterment, cleaning, clearing, conservation, correction, development, enhancement, enrichment, humanization, modernization, optimization, perfection, recovery, refinement, reform, reformation, renovation, repair, revival, self-improvement, stabilization, tenderization, upgrade, upturn, ventilation

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: advance, better, improve, meliorate

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): im

Suffixes(接尾辞): ment

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: joy, positive, trust