单词 | meliorate |
释义 | meliorate[ meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh- ] / ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR meliorate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with or without object), mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing.ameliorate. Origin of meliorate1545–55; <Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM melioratemel·io·ra·ble [meel-yer-uh-buhl, mee-lee-er-uh-], /ˈmil yər ə bəl, ˈmi li ər ə-/, adjectivemel·io·ra·tive [meel-yuh-rey-tiv, -yer-uh-tiv, mee-lee-uh-rey-, -er-uh-], /ˈmil yəˌreɪ tɪv, -yər ə tɪv, ˈmi li əˌreɪ-, -ər ə-/, adjectivemel·io·ra·tor, nounun·mel·io·rat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby meliorateMelilla, melilot, Melinda, melinite, melioidosis, meliorate, melioration, meliorism, meliority, melisma, Melissa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for meliorateBritish Dictionary definitions for melioratemeliorate / (ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt) / verba variant of ameliorate Derived forms of melioratemeliorable, adjectivemeliorative (ˈmiːlɪərətɪv), adjective, nounmeliorator, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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