Definition as Noun

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

Definition as Noun

• orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• betterment, advance

• melioration

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• "their improvements increased the value of the property"

• "the new school represents a great improvement"

• "she rejected his advances"

• "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

• Improvement vs betterment
• Improvement vs advance
• Improvement vs melioration
• Improvement vs approach
• Improvement vs feeler
• Improvement vs preliminary
• Improvement vs prelude

• Overture vs betterment
• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs melioration
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude