"ameliorate" meaning in English

See ameliorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈmiːli.əreɪt/ Audio: en-us-ameliorate.ogg [US], en-au-ameliorate.ogg [Australia] Forms: ameliorate [canonical], ameliorates [third-person, singular], ameliorated [past], ameliorated [past, participle], ameliorating [present, participle]
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  1. When you ameliorate something, you make it better.
    Sense id: simple-ameliorate-en-verb-~6~g5fdm
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