Financial reforms may ameliorate the current economic difficulties.
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Ameliorate
//əˈmiːli.əɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "ameliorate" (159 found)
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36 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- подобрявам verb (to make better)
Catalan
1 entries- millorar verb (to make better)
Chinese
1 entries- 改善 verb (to make better)
Czech
1 entries- zlepšit verb (to make better)
Danish
1 entries- forbedre verb (to make better)
Dutch
2 entries- amelioreren verb (to make better)
- verbeteren verb (to make better)
Estonian
2 entries- heastama verb (to make better)
- parendama verb (to make better)
Finnish
2 entries- kohentaa verb (to make better)
- parantaa verb (to make better)
French
1 entries- améliorer verb (to make better)
Galician
2 entries- aboar verb (to make better)
- mellorar verb (to make better)
German
1 entries- verbessern verb (to make better)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- amelyore verb (to make better)
Italian
1 entries- migliorare verb (to make better)
Japanese
3 entries- 好転させる verb (to make better)
- 改良する verb (to make better)
- 良くする verb (to make better)
Korean
1 entries- 개선(改善)하다 verb (to make better)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́добри verb (to make better)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- baş kirin verb (to make better)
- qenc kirin verb (to make better)
- sax kirin verb (to make better)
- çak kirin verb (to make better)
Portuguese
2 entries- aperfeiçoar verb (to make better)
- melhorar verb (to make better)
Romanian
2 entries- ameliora verb (to make better)
- îmbunătăți verb (to make better)
Russian
2 entries- улу́чшить verb (to make better)
- улучша́ть verb (to make better)
Spanish
1 entries- mejorar verb (to make better)
Swedish
1 entries- förbättra verb (to make better)
Turkish
1 entries- iyileştirmek verb (to make better)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
Source: tatoeba (289642)
He helped to ameliorate the living conditions of working men.
Source: tatoeba (304820)
War, disease, and famine continue to ravage the poverty-stricken country, despite the decades-long international effort to ameliorate the situation.
Source: tatoeba (5499396)
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