Meaning & use
ameliorate
To make a harmful or difficult situation better.
See it in a sentence
The extra bus service should ameliorate crowding during the morning rush.
Volunteers planted shade trees to ameliorate conditions in the bare playground.
A note on using this word
Ameliorate is formal and usually takes an unfavorable condition as its object. It describes improvement without necessarily promising a complete solution.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
worsenaggravate
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