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    amelioration
    /əˌmiːlɪəˈreɪʃn/

    noun

    • 1. the act of making something better; improvement: formal "progress brings with it the amelioration of the human condition"

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  2. Amelioration is the process of making a bad or unpleasant situation better. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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    • Ameliorate

      verb [ T ] formal uk / əˈmiːl.jə.reɪt / us / əˈmiːl.jə.reɪt...

  3. Amelioration means an act or instance of making something better or improving it. It can also refer to a change in the meaning of a word from negative to positive. See the origin, usage and examples of amelioration.

  4. Ameliorate means to make a bad or unpleasant situation better. Learn how to use this formal verb with sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.

  5. Ameliorate means to make better or more tolerable, especially when something is bad or hard to endure. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of this formal verb and its noun form amelioration.

  6. Ameliorate means to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve. Learn how to use it correctly, avoid confusion with alleviate, and discover its origin and history.

  7. Amelioration is a process that makes something better. A philanthropist might devote her life to the amelioration of poverty and hunger. Any time there's amelioration, something negative is becoming more positive. If your landlord improves the water pressure and lowers the rent, that's amelioration.

  8. Amelioration means the act or an instance of making something better or improving it. It can also refer to a change in the meaning of a word from negative to positive. See synonyms, antonyms, translations and usage examples of amelioration.