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ameliorateameliorate /əˈmilyəˌreɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYameliorateOrigin: 1700-1800 meliorate to ameliorate (16-20 centuries), from Late Latin, past participle of meliorare, from Latin melior better VERB TABLEameliorate |
Present | I, you, we, they | ameliorate | | he, she, it | ameliorates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ameliorated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ameliorated | | he, she, it | has ameliorated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ameliorated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ameliorate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ameliorated |
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Present | I | am ameliorating | | he, she, it | is ameliorating | | you, we, they | are ameliorating | Past | I, he, she, it | was ameliorating | | you, we, they | were ameliorating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ameliorating | | he, she, it | has been ameliorating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ameliorating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ameliorating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ameliorating |
formal to make something better: Measures to ameliorate working conditions have had little effect.—amelioration /əˌmilyəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |