English-Thai Dictionary
ameliorate
VI ดีขึ้น become better di-khuen
ameliorate
VT ทำให้ ดีขึ้น ปรับปรุง ขึ้น improve better enhance tham-hai-di-khuen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AMELIORATE
v.t.[L. melior, better. ] To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
AMELIORATE
v.i.To grow better; to meliorate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AMELIORATE
A *mel "io *rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated; p. pr. & vb. n.Ameliorating.] Etym: [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate. ]
Defn: To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.
AMELIORATE
AMELIORATE A *mel "io *rate, v. i.
Defn: To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ameliorate
a me lio rate |əˈmēlyəˌrāt, əˈmēlēə -əˈmiliəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something bad or unsatisfactory ) better: the reform did much to ameliorate living standards. DERIVATIVES a me lio ra tive |-rətiv, -ˌrātiv |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: alteration of meliorate, influenced by French améliorer, from meilleur ‘better. ’
Oxford Dictionary
ameliorate
ameliorate |əˈmiːlɪəreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal make (something bad or unsatisfactory ) better: the reform did much to ameliorate living standards. DERIVATIVES ameliorative adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: alteration of meliorate, influenced by French améliorer, from meilleur ‘better ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
ameliorate
ameliorate verb measures were taken to ameliorate the situation: improve, make better, better, make improvements to, enhance, help, benefit, boost, amend; relieve, ease, mitigate; informal tweak, patch up. ANTONYMS worsen.
Oxford Thesaurus
ameliorate
ameliorate verb any move that ameliorates the situation is welcome. See improve (sense 1 ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
ameliorate
a mel io rate /əmíːliərèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…を改善 [向上, 改良 ]する (improve ), より良い [満足できる ]状態にする (↔deteriorate ).自動詞 改善される, 向上する .a m è l io r á tion 名詞 a m é l io r à tive 形容詞
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