ameliorate

1 to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, meliorate] [ant: worsen]

2 get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, meliorate] [ant: worsen]

English

Etymology

From melior

Pronunciation

• /əˈmiːliəreɪt/

Verb

1. To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

   They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.

Related terms

• meliorate

Translations

Amelioration may refer to one of the following.

• Amelioration (health) means "to make better" or "to improve upon" most often in context of or in reference to ill health of a person but could also be in reference to healing the land, plant, tree, etc.
• Land amelioration (land improvement)
• Amelioration (semantic) is a form of semantic change, the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression.

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