See amelioration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verbesserung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Besserung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miglioria"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kairyō",
"sense": "act of making better",
"word": "改良"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "amelioracja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ulepszenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melhoramento"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ameliorare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "îmbunătățire"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amelioracija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mejoría"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mejora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mejoramiento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of making better",
"word": "förbättring"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "farbeserung",
"sense": "act of making better",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פֿאַרבעסערונג"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podobrenie",
"sense": "improvement",
"word": "подобрение"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "improvement",
"word": "forbedring"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amélioration"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Melioration"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verbesserung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Besserung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miglioramento"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meliōrātiō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melhora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melhoria"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amelioracija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melioracija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mejora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "improvement",
"word": "förbättring"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "farbeserung",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פֿאַרבעסערונג"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tikn",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תּיקון"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melioracija"
}
],
"word": "amelioration"
}
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