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# amelioration

noun (amelioration; uncountable)

«amelioration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «amelioration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amelioration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amelioration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amelioration.html) on Mova free.