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parantaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ameliorate verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • better adj Of higher quality, more suitable, or more desirable than something else being compared.
  • cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  • enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
  • hack verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
  • heal verb To make well again after illness or injury; to recover.
  • improve verb To make something better in quality, value, or condition.
  • mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
  • remedy noun Something that fixes a problem or relieves an unwanted condition.
  • upgrade noun An improved version of something, often a piece of technology or equipment.

Senses

parantaa is used for these senses in English:

  • ameliorate (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
  • amend (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • better (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
  • cure (transitive) To restore to health.
  • draw out (poker) To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
  • hack (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
  • heal (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
  • improve (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

ameliorate — full definition

  1. verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
  2. verb To become better; to improve.

amend — full definition

  1. verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  2. verb To improve or correct something more generally.

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