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    MELIORATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they meliorate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it meliorates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: meliorated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: meliorated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: meliorating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Get betterplay

    Example:

    The weather improved toward evening

    Synonyms:

    ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "meliorate" is one way to...):

    change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

    Verb group:

    ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meliorate"):

    convalesce; recover; recuperate (get over an illness or shock)

    heal (get healthy again)

    reform; see the light; straighten out (change for the better)

    surge (see one's performance improve)

    pick up; turn around (improve significantly; go from bad to good)

    bounce back; get over; get well (improve in health)

    heal; mend (heal or recover)

    fructify (become productive or fruitful)

    upgrade (get better travel conditions)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    melioration (the act of relieving ills and changing for the better)

    melioration (the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning)

    melioration (a condition superior to an earlier condition)

    meliorative (tending to ameliorate)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    To make betterplay

    Example:

    The editor improved the manuscript with his changes

    Synonyms:

    ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "meliorate" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Cause:

    ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

    Verb group:

    ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meliorate"):

    reform (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices)

    reform (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition)

    beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

    build (improve the cleansing action of)

    hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)

    down; fine-tune; polish; refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)

    distill; make pure; purify; sublimate (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation)

    fructify (make productive or fruitful)

    lift; raise (invigorate or heighten)

    advance (develop further)

    upgrade (give better travel conditions to)

    educate (give an education to)

    bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

    enhance (make better or more attractive)

    iron out; put right; straighten out (settle or put right)

    emend (make improvements or corrections to)

    condition (put into a better state)

    upgrade (to improve what was old or outdated)

    help (improve; change for the better)

    turn around (improve dramatically)

    build up; develop (change the use of and make available or usable)

    enrich (make better or improve in quality)

    regenerate; revitalize (restore strength)

    aid; help (improve the condition of)

    alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    melioration (the act of relieving ills and changing for the better)

    melioration (a condition superior to an earlier condition)

    meliorative (tending to ameliorate)

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