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meliorate, v.
(meliorated, meliorates, meliorating)
more info get better
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ameliorate better improve meliorate

sample sentences

"The weather improved toward evening"

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Their earnings %s this year

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derivationally related form
improvement improvement
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better betterment
antonym
worsen
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derivationally related form
amelioratory ameliorative amelioration
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meliorative melioration melioration melioration
semantic pointers
hyponym
recover, recuperate, convalesce heal straighten out, reform, see the light surge pick up, turn around bounce back, get over, get well heal, mend fructify upgrade
hypernym
turn, change state
verb group
improve, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate
more info to make better
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ameliorate amend better improve meliorate

sample sentences

"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

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They %s their earnings this year

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Something ----s somebody
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Something ----s somebody
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derivationally related form
improvement improver improver
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amendable
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betterment better
antonym
worsen
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amelioratory ameliorative amelioration
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derivationally related form
meliorative melioration melioration
semantic pointers
hyponym
relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage help, aid revitalize, regenerate enrich develop, build up turn around help upgrade condition emend straighten out, iron out, put right enhance repair, fix, mend, restore, bushel, doctor, furbish up, touch on reform reform beautify, fancify, embellish, prettify build perfect, hone polish, refine, fine-tune, down distill, purify, sublimate, make pure fructify lift, raise advance upgrade educate
hypernym
change, alter, modify
verb group
improve, better, ameliorate, meliorate
cause
improve, better, ameliorate, meliorate