🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

mejora

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mehora

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Improvement/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Este plan traerá una gran mejora para la empresa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of making something better or the state of being made better.

    "There is plenty of room for improvement in your writing style."
  2. 2

    A modification or addition that improves something.

    "The new kitchen is a major improvement over the old one."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'improvement' originates from the Middle English term 'improven', which itself comes from the Old French 'emprover', meaning 'to make better'. The root can be traced back to the Latin 'probare', meaning 'to test or prove'. Over time, the meaning evolved to signify the act of enhancing or bettering something.

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