[responsivevoice] ameliorate [/responsivevoice] [ uh-meel-yuh-reyt ]
The word of the day is ‘ameliorate.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is ameliorated.
It means:
1. Become better
2. Improve
3. Correct
4. Retrieve
1. Hindi – Unnati
2. Spanish – Mejorar
3. French – Améliorer
4. Mandarin – Gǎishàn
1. Their first care was to try and ameliorate the condition of the slaves.
2. It was at the pond hole that the major’s luck began to ameliorate.
3. Our chief desire is to ameliorate the condition of the malgamite workers.
4. And why do men go soldiering except to ameliorate existence?
5. The judge is not forbidden to ameliorate the law which he administers.
alleviate, lighten, mitigate, amend, help, improve, relieve, upgrade, step up, make better, enhance, benefit, boost, raise, refine, reform, retrieve, rectify, correct, remedy, repair, fix, mend, resolve, settle, redress, tweak etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
worsen, leave alone, aggravate, increase, intensify, decrease, harm, hurt, injure
Quotation:
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chain’s labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.
Clara Zetkin
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