améliorer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ameliorate verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- better adj Of higher quality, more suitable, or more desirable than something else being compared.
- enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
- improve verb To make something better in quality, value, or condition.
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- revamp verb To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
Senses
améliorer is used for these senses in English:
- ameliorate (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
- better (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
- eke out (transitive) To supplement.
- enhance To improve something by adding features.
- improve (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- improve (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- redeem (transitive) To reform, change (for the better).
- revamp (transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]
ameliorate — full definition
- verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- verb To become better; to improve.
better — full definition
- adj Of higher quality, more suitable, or more desirable than something else being compared.
- verb To make something improve, or to improve on a previous result.
- noun Someone or something regarded as superior to another.