ameliorate
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve: strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment.
Origin of ameliorate
1- Also mel·io·rate [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-] /ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə-/ .
Other words for ameliorate
Opposites for ameliorate
Other words from ameliorate
- a·mel·io·ra·ble, adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·ble·ness, noun
- a·mel·io·rant, noun
- a·mel·io·ra·tive, a·mel·io·ra·to·ry [uh-meel-yer-uh-tawr-ee, uh-mee-lee-uh-], /əˈmil yər əˌtɔr i, əˈmi li ə rə-/, adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·tor, noun
- un·a·mel·io·ra·ble, adjective
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How to use ameliorate in a sentence
These are illustrations of the same spirit which organizes charity and ameliorates penal systems.
From the Easy Chair, series 3 | George William CurtisThe tales that were first told were true enough, but man, as he advances, subdues the country and ameliorates the climate.
Australian Pictures | Howard WilloughbyIt ameliorates all the miserable circumstances of life, and the sound of it may almost be termed life itself.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. | Pierce EganThere seems to be something in a southern clime which ameliorates harshness of manners.
The Empire of Russia | John S. C. AbbottIt is the leaven that softens and ameliorates the hard conditions of life, that makes our relations with our fellow-men bearable.
The Inside of the Cup, Complete | Winston Churchill
British Dictionary definitions for ameliorate
/ (əˈmiːljəˌreɪt) /
to make or become better; improve
Origin of ameliorate
1usage For ameliorate
Derived forms of ameliorate
- ameliorable (əˈmiːljərəbəl), adjective
- ameliorant, noun
- ameliorative, adjective
- ameliorator, noun
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