Dictionary

amelioration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of making better.
   • The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past! 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 262:
2. (countable, uncountable) An improvement.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
4. (countable, uncountable) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
   • pre-amelioration
   • post-amelioration

Forms

Antonyms

deterioration · pejoration

Descendants

ameliorasi

Synonyms

revamp

Translations (42)

sv förbättring (improvement) · pl amelioracja (act of making better) · yi תּיקון (improvement) · es mejora (improvement) · fi parannus (improvement) · it miglioramento (improvement) · bg подобряване (act of making better) · es mejora (act of making better) · es mejoría (act of making better) · sh amelioracija (improvement) · gl melloramento (act of making better) · ro îmbunătățire (act of making better) · la meliōrātiō (improvement) · yi פֿאַרבעסערונג (improvement) · de Verbesserung (act of making better) · sv förbättring (act of making better) · pl ulepszenie (act of making better) · de Verbesserung (improvement) · pt melhoria (improvement) · ca millora (act of making better) · fi kohennus (act of making better) · es mejoramiento (act of making better) · gl mellora (act of making better) · pt melhora (improvement) · de Besserung (improvement) · gl melloría (act of making better) · sh melioracija (improvement) · de Besserung (act of making better) · ja 改良 (act of making better) · da forbedre (act of making better) · pt melhoramento (act of making better) · ro ameliorare (act of making better) · ms ameliorasi (process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time) · fr amélioration (improvement) · sh melioracija (process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time) · de Melioration (improvement) · bg подобрение (improvement) · yi פֿאַרבעסערונג (act of making better) · sh amelioracija (act of making better) · it miglioria (act of making better) · fi parannus (act of making better) · da forbedring (improvement)