melhorar — 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.
- enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
- improve verb To make something better in quality, value, or condition.
- recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
- upgrade noun An improved version of something, often a piece of technology or equipment.
Senses
melhorar 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.
- enhance To improve something by adding features.
- recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
- upgrade (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
ameliorate — full definition
- verb To make a bad or unpleasant situation better, or less severe.
- verb To become better; to improve.
amend — full definition
- verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
- verb To improve or correct something more generally.
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