What does ameliorate mean?
Definitions for ameliorate
əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-ame·lio·rate
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Princeton's WordNet
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb
to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb
get better
"The weather improved toward evening"
Wiktionary
ameliorateverb
To make better, to improve; to heal; to solve a problem.
They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
Etymology: Influenced by améliorer and a- + melior.
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ameliorate
Ameliorate is a verb that means to make something bad or unsatisfactory better or more tolerable. It is often related to improvement in conditions, problems, or negative situations.
Webster Dictionary
Ameliorateverb
to make better; to improve; to meliorate
Ameliorateverb
to grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age
Etymology: [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. amliorer. See Meliorate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ameliorate
a-mēl′yor-āt, v.t. to make better: to improve.—v.i. to grow better.—n. Ameliorā′tion, the condition of being made better: improvement or the means of such.—adj. Amel′iorative. [L. ad, to, and melior, better.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ameliorate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ameliorate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of ameliorate in a Sentence
While we cannot ameliorate the irreparable harm to the victims and their families, we hope that securing this guilty plea brings them some measure of closure.
Being awake and aware does not automatically change a situation, but enforcing the systems and strategies that will ameliorate the situation is your key to liberation.
Sri Lanka is showing the world that it is possible to conserve mangrove forests while also improving the lives of local people, restoring wildlife habitats, and helping to ameliorate climate change.
People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino.
But the point is that United Nations plays an important role as a catalyst in other ways, if the report is strong, it greatly helps the Uyghur campaigns in various places around the world, it should spur at least some key governments to take a stronger stand, and it would ideally persuade the Chinese that they need to further ameliorate their policies.
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- تحسنArabic
- подобрявамBulgarian
- zlepšitCzech
- verbessernGerman
- βελτιώνωGreek
- mejorarSpanish
- بهبودPersian
- parantaa, kohentaaFinnish
- améliorerFrench
- migliorareItalian
- לְשַׁפֵּרHebrew
- よくなる, 改善するJapanese
- çak, baş, çê, sax, qencKurdish
- amelioreren, verbeterenDutch
- bøteNorwegian
- melhorar, aperfeiçoarPortuguese
- улучша́ть, улу́чшитьRussian
- förbättraSwedish
- மேம்படுத்துங்கள்Tamil
- iyileştirmekTurkish
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