"ameliorate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-ameliorate.ogg , en-au-ameliorate.ogg Forms: ameliorates [present, singular, third-person], ameliorating [participle, present], ameliorated [participle, past], ameliorated [past]
Etymology: Alteration of meliorate after French améliorer. Etymology templates: {{from|en|meliorate}} meliorate, {{der|en|fr|améliorer}} French améliorer Head templates: {{en-verb}} ameliorate (third-person singular simple present ameliorates, present participle ameliorating, simple past and past participle ameliorated)
  1. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition. Tags: transitive Translations (to make better): подобрявам (podobrjavam) (Bulgarian), millorar (Catalan), 改善 (gǎishàn) (Chinese), zlepšit (Czech), forbedre (Danish), verbeteren (Dutch), amelioreren (Dutch), parantaa (Finnish), kohentaa (Finnish), améliorer (French), mellorar (Galician), aboar (Galician), verbessern (German), amelyore (Haitian Creole), migliorare (Italian), 改良する (kairyō suru) (Japanese), 良くする (yoku suru) (Japanese), 好転させる (kōten saseru) (Japanese), 개선(改善)하다 (gaeseonhada) (Korean), по́добри (pódobri) (Macedonian), baş kirin (Northern Kurdish), qenc kirin (Northern Kurdish), çê kirin (Northern Kurdish), çak kirin (Northern Kurdish), sax kirin (Northern Kurdish), aperfeiçoar (Portuguese), melhorar (Portuguese), ameliora (Romanian), îmbunătăți (Romanian), улучша́ть (ulučšátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), улу́чшить (ulúčšitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), mejorar (Spanish), förbättra (Swedish), iyileştirmek (Turkish)
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  2. (intransitive) To become better; improve. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amelioratingly, ameliorator, amelioratory Related terms: amelioration, ameliorative, ameliorable, inameliorable, meliorate, alleviate, mitigate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "We further show that an implementable rule for the central bank's long bond portfolio significantly ameliorates the adverse consequences of a binding ZLB on the policy rate."
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      "roman": "podobrjavam",
      "sense": "to make better",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "millorar"
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      "lang": "Chinese",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "改善"
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      "sense": "to make better",
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      "sense": "to make better",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "parantaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make better",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "mellorar"
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      "sense": "to make better",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "verbessern"
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      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "amelyore"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "migliorare"
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "改良する"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "良くする"
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      "roman": "kōten saseru",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "好転させる"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaeseonhada",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "개선(改善)하다"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "baş kirin"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "qenc kirin"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "çê kirin"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "çak kirin"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "sax kirin"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pódobri",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "по́добри"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "aperfeiçoar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "melhorar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "ameliora"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "îmbunătăți"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulučšátʹ",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "улучша́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulúčšitʹ",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "улу́чшить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "mejorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "förbättra"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make better",
      "word": "iyileştirmek"
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}

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