to ameliorate
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8.1
- verb
- /əˈmiːliəˌreɪt/
:
mejorar
- The government is taking steps to ameliorate the effects of the economic downturn on small businesses.
- ameliorate problems
- ameliorate living conditions
- ameliorate negative effects
Realizing that helps you to ameliorate this adversarial view of the world.
- Realizing that helps you to ameliorate this adversarial view of the world.
- Realising that helps you to ameliorate this adversarial view of the world.
- And if it's not, what policies are in place to ameliorate that?
- We will buy anything, do anything, watch anything that will in some way ameliorate that pain that we're feeling.
- The food security concerns are, are ameliorated.
- So larger portions eaten consistently and earlier throughout the day will, will, I think, help ameliorate that.
- I'm curious if you have a, you know, is there are there policy changes that could be made that would ameliorate some of these problems?
- I remember ameliorate to become better.
- It's been shown to actually ameliorate the development of obesity and and studies.
- Like it there, it, it ameliorates any type of type of self-conscious.
- And then the surgeon general who has made loneliness, you know, his mission to ameliorate like these are very real things that we're grappling with.
- But what do we know about heat and cold as physiological stimuli in terms of their ability to ameliorate, to help pain?
Examples
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We want to, you know, we want to ameliorate the condition of these poor kids who are stuck in labor in in their childhood.
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Studies have found that social support serves an ameliorating function during times of psychological distress in medical populations.
Academic text (1994) -
We will buy anything, do anything, watch anything that will in some way ameliorate that pain that we're feeling.
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So an interesting question is, well, if you know that, what could you do perhaps to to ameliorate the situation?
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Now, environment, exercise and diet can all ameliorate these issues.
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We now turn to quality improvement strategies that can ameliorate these problems.
Academic text (1994) -
If clients are interested in using spiritual interventions to help ameliorate problems, these factors will come into play.
Academic text (2011) -
Education has often been viewed as a means of ameliorating social inequality in the United States.
Academic text (2008) -
We work to promote healthy, vibrant societies, to ameliorate human suffering, to promote a more thoughtful, substantive, empathic world order.
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And I regret to say the president's hasty calling up of 75,000 volunteers... ...to subdue the rebellion in the cotton states... ...has done nothing to ameliorate the crisis.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make a task or situation easier for someone
∞
1.0
To make something better
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3.9
To make small changes to a document, for example a law or statement, to correct mistakes
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5.3
To make pain, suffering, or a problem less strong
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2.1
To try to make a damaged relationship or reputation better
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5.8
Make something less harmful or painful
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3.9
To fix a problem or bad situation
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6.0
To fix something that is wrong and make things right
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1.8
To improve something
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7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
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6.9
To fix something that is wrong or not working well
To become or make something better
Antonyms
How Improved
Surface Forms
Morphology
ameliorate = amelior + ate
Although the verb uses the productive suffix '-ate', the root 'amelior' is not a recognizable standalone English base for most learners, so the meaning cannot be transparently derived from its parts.
Etymology
Ameliorate comes from the Latin root melior meaning 'better' and the part a- meaning 'to' or 'toward'. So, to ameliorate something is to 'make it better', which is why it means to improve a bad situation.