Ameliorate
verb
To make something bad, better.
Government programs were implemented to ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
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- ameliorate conditions
- ameliorate problems
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Academic
verb
To make a difficult situation easier.
She tried to ameliorate the tense situation by telling a joke.
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- ameliorate situation
- ameliorate hardship
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Formal
verb
To make the effects of something harmful less.
Drugs can ameliorate the symptoms of the disease, but they cannot cure it.
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- ameliorate symptoms
- ameliorate effects
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Formal
Technical
verb
To make something bad, better.
Government programs were implemented to ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
Often appears as...
- ameliorate conditions
- ameliorate problems
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To make a difficult situation easier.
She tried to ameliorate the tense situation by telling a joke.
Often appears as...
- ameliorate situation
- ameliorate hardship
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make the effects of something harmful less.
Drugs can ameliorate the symptoms of the disease, but they cannot cure it.
Often appears as...
- ameliorate symptoms
- ameliorate effects
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Scope of Improvement
Ameliorate refers to improvements that make a considerable and positive difference.
Charities work to ameliorate the living standards in impoverished areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Quick Fix
Ameliorate suggests a process, not an immediate solution to a problem.
Educational reforms may slowly ameliorate literacy rates.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Use ameliorate when actions are taken to improve adverse situations.
New laws were passed to ameliorate unemployment rates.
Pro Tip 1/3Scope of Improvement
Ameliorate refers to improvements that make a considerable and positive difference.
Charities work to ameliorate the living standards in impoverished areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Quick Fix
Ameliorate suggests a process, not an immediate solution to a problem.
Educational reforms may slowly ameliorate literacy rates.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Use ameliorate when actions are taken to improve adverse situations.
New laws were passed to ameliorate unemployment rates.
Pro Tip 1/3Scope of Improvement
Ameliorate refers to improvements that make a considerable and positive difference.
Charities work to ameliorate the living standards in impoverished areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Quick Fix
Ameliorate suggests a process, not an immediate solution to a problem.
Educational reforms may slowly ameliorate literacy rates.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Use ameliorate when actions are taken to improve adverse situations.
New laws were passed to ameliorate unemployment rates.
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our bottle of water. We use them, we throw them out, we forget about them, because we know there's a workforce on the other side that's going to take it all away. So I want to suggest today a couple of ways to think about sanitation that will perhaps help ameliorate the stigma
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we work to promote healthy vibrant societies to ameliorate human suffering to promote a more thoughtful subjective empathic World Order I salute all of you as activists in that quest and urge you to embrace and hold dear the arts in your work whatever your purpose may be I
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What I discovered in New...
our bottle of water. We use them, we throw them out, we forget about them, because we know there's a workforce on the other side that's going to take it all away. So I want to suggest today a couple of ways to think about sanitation that will perhaps help ameliorate the stigma
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The true power of the...
we work to promote healthy vibrant societies to ameliorate human suffering to promote a more thoughtful subjective empathic World Order I salute all of you as activists in that quest and urge you to embrace and hold dear the arts in your work whatever your purpose may be I
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Preneet Kaur
Indian Politician
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.
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Clara Zetkin
German Politician
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
Doubtless the most miserable of men, under the most oppressive government in the world, if allowed the ballot, would use it, if they could see any chance of thereby ameliorating their condition.
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Elie Metchnikoff
Russian Scientist
Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply.
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Paul Gillmor
American Politician
I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.
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Justin Sane
American Musician
I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.
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George Akerlof
American Economist
The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The forest restoration campaign is a war to ameliorate nature.
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Preneet Kaur
Indian Politician
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.
Quote examples
Clara Zetkin
German Politician
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
Doubtless the most miserable of men, under the most oppressive government in the world, if allowed the ballot, would use it, if they could see any chance of thereby ameliorating their condition.
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Elie Metchnikoff
Russian Scientist
Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply.
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Paul Gillmor
American Politician
I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.
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Justin Sane
American Musician
I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.
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George Akerlof
American Economist
The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The forest restoration campaign is a war to ameliorate nature.
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