• IPA: /əˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/

ameliorate (ameliorates, present participle ameliorating; past and past participle ameliorated)

1. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

   They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.

   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 3, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

2. (intransitive) To become better; improve.

• See also Thesaurus:improve

• deteriorate
• worsen

• amelioration
• ameliorative
• ameliorable
• inameliorable
• meliorate

• French: améliorer
• German: verbessern
• Italian: migliorare
• Portuguese: aperfeiçoar, melhorar
• Russian: улучша́ть
• Spanish: mejorar