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förbättra — 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.
  • perfect adj Without any flaws or mistakes; as good as something can possibly be.

Senses

förbättra 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.
  • enhance To improve something by adding features.
  • improve (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
  • perfect (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

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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