ameliorate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Usage
What are other ways to say ameliorate?
To ameliorate is to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory. How is it different from the verbs improve and better? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- ameliorable adjective
- ameliorableness noun
- ameliorant noun
- ameliorative adjective
- ameliorator noun
- amelioratory adjective
- unameliorable adjective
Etymology
Origin of ameliorate
Example Sentences
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In that environment, monetary easing “may not be able to ameliorate” AI-related job losses without “increasing inflationary pressure,” she said.
From Barron's
It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
The three paragraphs on Africa at the end spoke about partnering with "select countries to ameliorate conflict, foster mutually beneficial trade relationships" and move from supplying aid to encouraging investment and economic growth.
From BBC
It suggests something more uncomfortable: that how protests are conducted determines whether they clarify and ameliorate injustice or obscure and perpetuate it.
The attempt to ameliorate market tension came quick.
From MarketWatch
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