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ameliorate (verb)

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  • ameliorate — ► VERB formal ▪ make (something) better. DERIVATIVES amelioration noun ameliorative adjective. ORIGIN alteration of MELIORATE(Cf. ↑M) …   English terms dictionary

  • ameliorate — verb /əˈmiːliəreɪt/ To make better, to improve; to heal; to solve a problem. They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation. See Also: amelioration, meliorate …   Wiktionary

  • ameliorate — I verb advance, allay, better, change for the better, correct, corrigere, cultivate, develop, ease, elevate, enhance, forward, fructify, help, improve, make better, make progress, meliorate, mend, mitigate, palliate, promote, raise, rectify,… …   Law dictionary

  • ameliorate — verb Ameliorate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑condition, ↑effect, ↑situation …   Collocations dictionary

  • ameliorate — verb (T) formal to make something better: measures to ameliorate working conditions amelioration noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ameliorate — verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: alteration of meliorate Date: 1767 transitive verb to make better or more tolerable intransitive verb to grow better Synonyms: see improve • amelioration noun • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ameliorate — [[t]əmi͟ːliəreɪt[/t]] ameliorates, ameliorating, ameliorated VERB If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way. [FORMAL] [V n] Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation... [V n] He expected me… …   English dictionary

  • ameliorate — UK [əˈmiːlɪəreɪt] / US [əˈmɪlɪəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms ameliorate : present tense I/you/we/they ameliorate he/she/it ameliorates present participle ameliorating past tense ameliorated past participle ameliorated very formal to improve …   English dictionary

  • ameliorate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. get better (See improvement). Ant., worsen. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. improve, better, enhance; see improve 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at improve . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [uh …   English dictionary for students

  • ameliorate — [c]/əˈmiliəreɪt / (say uh meeleeuhrayt), /əˈmiljəreɪt / (say uh meelyuhrayt) verb (ameliorated, ameliorating) –verb (i) 1. to become better; improve. –verb (t) 2. to make better; improve; meliorate. {French améliorer + ate1; modelled on earlier… …  

  • ameliorate — a|me|lio|rate [ ə miliə,reıt ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to improve something or make it less severe ╾ a|me|lio|ra|tion [ ə,miliə reıʃn ] noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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