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- Dictionaryameliorate/əˈmiːlɪəreɪt/
verb
- 1. make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better: formal "the reform did much to ameliorate living standards"
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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 from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Ameliorate means to make a bad or unpleasant situation better. See how to use this formal verb in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Ameliorating is the present participle of ameliorate, which means to make a bad or unpleasant situation better. See how to use this word in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
To ameliorate is to step in and make a bad situation better. You could try introducing a second lollipop to ameliorate a battle between two toddlers over a single lollipop. The verb ameliorate comes from the Latin word meliorare, meaning “improve.”. Food drives can ameliorate hunger.
Ameliorate means to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and examples of ameliorate and how it differs from alleviate.
Ameliorate means to make a bad or unpleasant situation better. Learn how to use this formal verb with sentences, synonyms, and translations in different languages.
ameliorate something to make better something that was bad or not good enough. Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation. The new laws were designed to ameliorate the problem of chronic debt. The side-effects of the treatment can be ameliorated to some extent. Topics Change, cause and effect c2.
