ameliorate
11ameliorate — [[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… …
12ameliorate — 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 …
13ameliorate — 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 …
14ameliorate — verb Ameliorate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑condition, ↑effect, ↑situation …
15ameliorate — 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 …
16ameliorate — verb (T) formal to make something better: measures to ameliorate working conditions amelioration noun (U) …
17ameliorate — 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 • …
18ameliorate — ameliorable, adj. ameliorableness, n. ameliorant, n. ameliorative, amelioratory /euh meel yeuhr euh tawr ee, tohr ee, euh mee lee euh /, adj. ameliorator, n. /euh meel yeuh rayt , euh mee lee euh /, v.t., v.i., ameliorated, ameliorating. to make… …
19ameliorate — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alleviate, alter, amend, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, boost, bottom out, break, break up, bring forward, change, checker, chop, chop and change,… …
20ameliorate — 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 …
