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noun
1.
an act or instance of ameliorating; the state of being ameliorated.
2.
something that ameliorates; an improvement.
3.
melioration (def. 1).
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Amelioration
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
Example Sentences
- Early amelioration work released noxious smells in the neighborhood, and the evacuation area was widened.
- It is an angry work, filled with bitterness about the impossibility of amelioration.
- Time and its natural experiences are doing their work of amelioration.
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Word Origin & History
amelioration
1650s, from Fr. amélioration, from O.Fr. ameillorer (12c.), from a "to" + meillior (Mod.Fr. meìlleur) "to better," from L.L. meliorare "improve," from L. melior "better," perhaps originally "stronger," and related to Gk. mala "very, very much."
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