ameliorate
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve: strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment.
Origin of ameliorate
1- Also mel·io·rate [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-] /ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə-/ .
Other words for ameliorate
Opposites for ameliorate
Other words from ameliorate
- a·mel·io·ra·ble, adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·ble·ness, noun
- a·mel·io·rant, noun
- a·mel·io·ra·tive, a·mel·io·ra·to·ry [uh-meel-yer-uh-tawr-ee, uh-mee-lee-uh-], /əˈmil yər əˌtɔr i, əˈmi li ə rə-/, adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·tor, noun
- un·a·mel·io·ra·ble, adjective
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How to use ameliorate in a sentence
Fixing the current situation will involve ameliorating their effects and recognizing Haitians as fellow human beings, our neighbors with whom we share a long history.
Stereotypes about Haiti erase the long history of U.S.-Haiti ties | Robert Taber | July 8, 2021 | Washington PostHis decree for a day of national prayer, fasting and humiliation did little to ameliorate cholera’s lethal spread, but it might have made tens of thousands of Americans feel a bit better before meeting their maker.
The new CDC guidelines remind that presidential leadership matters during pandemics | Howard Markel | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostI hope to one day ameliorate these stressors, so that you don’t have to anymore.
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year | by Duaa Eldeib, video by Alex Garcia | May 4, 2021 | ProPublicaThese pro-labor policies did much to ameliorate the wide disparity between rich and poor and led to nearly a half-century of middle-class growth.
For a few years now, my colleagues and I have been exploring the potential of these networks to find more ways drugs could ameliorate disease.
3 Medical Innovations Fueled by Covid-19 That Will Outlast the Pandemic | Deborah Fuller | March 11, 2021 | Singularity Hub
He wants to attack the root causes of poverty rather than simply ameliorate root symptoms.
At the time, Bratton sought to ameliorate the tension between the LAPD and Muslims.
Was it Justice or Politics that Killled the NYPD Muslim Spy Unit? | Azi Paybarah | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOur first priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.
How Much Does 'Culture' Matter for 'Inner-City' Poverty? | Jamelle Bouie | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScientists therefore have to examine all those genes en masse to cure or ameliorate the disease.
“Isolation itself is very damaging, and there is no way to ameliorate it,” Kupers told The Daily Beast.
Extreme Solitary Confinement: What Did Bradley Manning Experience? | Caitlin Dickson | June 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTStill the King managed to retain his popularity, and in his own way attempted to ameliorate the lot of his subjects.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAnd the Church never, never raised a finger to ameliorate their condition.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. BrooksThat was an evil with which the clergy did not grapple; they would ameliorate it, but did not seek to remove it.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordBy the law de provinciis ordinandis, he sought to regulate the provinces and ameliorate their administration.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.Many physicians had exerted their utmost skill in endeavouring to ameliorate his condition.
Baron Bruno | Louisa Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for ameliorate
/ (əˈmiːljəˌreɪt) /
to make or become better; improve
Origin of ameliorate
1usage For ameliorate
Derived forms of ameliorate
- ameliorable (əˈmiːljərəbəl), adjective
- ameliorant, noun
- ameliorative, adjective
- ameliorator, noun
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