"amelioration" meaning in English

See amelioration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-amelioration.wav Forms: ameliorations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|amelioracioun}} Middle English amelioracioun, {{der|en|frm|amelioracion}} Middle French amelioracion, {{suffix|en|ameliorate|ion}} ameliorate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amelioration (countable and uncountable, plural ameliorations)
  1. The act of making better. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of making better): подобряване (podobrjavane) (Bulgarian), millora [feminine] (Catalan), forbedre (Danish), mellora [feminine] (Galician), melloría [feminine] (Galician), melloramento [masculine] (Galician), Verbesserung [feminine] (German), Besserung [feminine] (German), miglioria [feminine] (Italian), 改良 (kairyō) (Japanese), amelioracja [dated, feminine] (Polish), ulepszenie [neuter] (Polish), melhoramento [masculine] (Portuguese), ameliorare [feminine] (Romanian), îmbunătățire [feminine] (Romanian), amelioracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mejoría [feminine] (Spanish), mejora [feminine] (Spanish), mejoramiento [masculine] (Spanish), förbättring (Swedish), פֿאַרבעסערונג (farbeserung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-amelioration-en-noun-NZAoe4nL Disambiguation of 'act of making better': 96 2 1 1
  2. An improvement. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: revamp Translations (improvement): подобрение (podobrenie) (Bulgarian), forbedring (Danish), amélioration [feminine] (French), Melioration [feminine] (German), Verbesserung [feminine] (German), Besserung [feminine] [medicine, sciences] (German), miglioramento [masculine] (Italian), meliōrātiō [feminine] (Latin), melhora [feminine] (Portuguese), melhoria [feminine] (Portuguese), amelioracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), melioracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mejora [feminine] (Spanish), förbättring (Swedish), פֿאַרבעסערונג (farbeserung) [feminine] (Yiddish), תּיקון (tikn) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-amelioration-en-noun-dljaxwRI Disambiguation of 'improvement': 2 97 0 0
  3. (linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time): melioracija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-amelioration-en-noun-en:semantic Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time': 0 1 98 1
  4. (philosophy) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-amelioration-en-noun-~nI1XS1o Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 21 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 14 16 30 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 19 16 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 13 23 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 10 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 11 26 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 11 22 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 8 17 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 16 24 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 11 22 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 13 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 13 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 13 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 13 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 23 19 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 9 18 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 11 22 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 11 21 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 12 18 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 10 22 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 14 12 21 52 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melioration [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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