🔤 Ameliorate (Verb)

IPA: //əˈmiːliəreɪt//

✨ Use ameliorate when talking about making positive changes, especially in challenging or damaged situations.

🧠 Meaning

To make something better or more tolerable; to improve.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The new policies were designed to ameliorate working conditions for employees.

🔹 Volunteers worked tirelessly to ameliorate the suffering of flood victims.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin meliorare (“to improve”), from melior (“better”).

💡 Did You Know?

While ameliorate is formal, it’s often used for gradual improvements—turning a bad situation into a better one.

🏷️ Related Words

#improve #enhance #upgrade #reform #better #mitigate

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