Word: improvement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
prove
ment
Definition: The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
Morphemes:
Affix: improve
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: en-
Language: fro
Decoded: en-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: en- (in; into)
Affix: prou
Language: fro
Decoded: prou
Meaning: profit
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.