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# amelioration

«amelioration» in Mova's school dictionary: **making something bad better, or the process of it getting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (amelioration; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Amelioration is making something bad better, or the process of it getting better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in formal writing, history, science and exam texts: «amelioration of living conditions», «amelioration of the soil».

### examples

- The new laws led to the amelioration of factory conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x1)
- Adding compost brings an amelioration of poor soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x2)
- The doctors hoped for an amelioration of her symptoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x3)
- The charity works for the amelioration of poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x4)
- There was a slow amelioration in the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x5)
- Better lighting was an amelioration for the old school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/#x6)

### note

Very formal; everyday speech says «improvement». Verb: «ameliorate». Pronounced a-meel-yuh-RAY-shun.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amelioration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.