amelioration
pronunciation
How to pronounce amelioration in British English:
UK [əˌmi:lɪə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce amelioration in American English:
US [əˌmiljəˈreʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Word Origin
- amelioration (n.)
- 1650s, from French amélioration, from Old French ameillorer (12c.), from a "to" (see ad-) + meillior (Modern French meìlleur) "to better," from Late Latin meliorare "improve," from Latin melior "better," perhaps originally "stronger," and related to Greek mala "very, very much," from PIE *mel- "strong, great" (see multi-).
Antonym
Example
- 1. He went on to insist that bombing must surely cause " the amelioration and bettering of conditions in war because it will bring quick and lasting results . "
- 2. Study of legume growth in the arsenic polluted soil using different soil amelioration .
- 3. Although many questions about the connection between csf lactate concentrations and psychiatric disorders remain , eventually , wrote regenold and colleagues , " prevention and amelioration of abnormal metabolism might be an important untapped therapeutic option for some patients . "
- 4. The results showed that the two modifiers both increased the cole yield significantly , but there were differences in soil amelioration effects between them .
- 5. It is of great significance for greening wasteland , soil amelioration and promoting ecological balance that cajanus cajan , tephrosia candida and robinia pseudoacacia are planted on the cinnamon red earth of the southern subtropical zone , and that albizzia kalkora and robinia pseudoacacia on the purplish soil of the middle subtropical zone .