ameliorate

Found in thesaurus: change, modify, alter, turn, change state

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ameliorate
v. improve, better; get better, improve oneself

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Amelioration
Amelioration may refer to:
  • Amelioration patterns, a software design pattern
  • Amelioration Act 1798, a statute enacted in the Leeward Islands regarding the treatment of slaves
  • Rapid climatic amelioration, used in geology to denote a major change from glacial to interglacial stages, specifically regarding transitions in the oxygen isotope ratio cycle
  • An alternative name for land improvement
  • A specific type of semantic change – the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression

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ameliorate

Verb
1. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
(synonym) better, improve, amend, meliorate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
(cause) better, improve, meliorate
(verb-group) better, improve, meliorate
(derivation) amelioration, melioration, betterment
2. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
(synonym) better, improve, meliorate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) recuperate, recover, convalesce
(verb-group) better, improve, amend, meliorate
(derivation) amelioration, melioration, betterment


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ameliorate
v. zlepšit

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ameliorate
Czas. polepszać