ameliorate
pronunciation
How to pronounce ameliorate in British English:
UK [əˈmiːliəreɪt]
How to pronounce ameliorate in American English:
US [əˈmiːliəreɪt]
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- Verb:
- to make better
- get better
Word Origin
- ameliorate (v.)
- 1728, perhaps a back-formation from amelioration on pattern of French améliorer. The simpler form meliorate was used in Middle English. Related: Ameliorated; ameliorating.
Antonym
Example
- 1. More fine-tuned light control and more use and servicing of blinds could easily ameliorate these issues .
- 2. One way to ameliorate the effects would be to top up investment on school repairs , roadbuilding and the like .
- 3. Many americans , disenchanted with washington and its ways , hoped that mr obama would ameliorate this bitterly divisive culture .
- 4. This response is no surprise : republicans have consistently opposed any and all attempts to use fiscal or monetary policies to ameliorate the recession .
- 5. Turkey 's central bank , the cbrt , has since 2010 tried to ameliorate these cycles with a new policy framework .