migliorare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- 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.
- enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
- improve verb To make something better in quality, value, or condition.
- learn verb To gain knowledge or a skill through study, practice, or experience.
- refine verb To remove impurities from a raw substance to make it purer.
- reform noun A change made to improve something, especially a system, law, or institution.
Senses
migliorare is used for these senses in English:
- advance To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
- 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.
- 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.
- learn To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
advance — full definition
- verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- verb To give money before it is normally due.
- noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
- adj Happening or done ahead of time.
ameliorate — full definition
- verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- verb To become better; to improve.