Definitions for ameliorates

ameliorates a·mel·io·rate

Spelling: [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-m
IPA: /əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-/

Ameliorates is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 1433 anagrams from letters in ameliorates (aaeeilmorst).

Definitions for ameliorates

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve:

Origin of ameliorates

First recorded in 1760-70; a-5 + meliorate

Examples for ameliorates

At the time, Bratton sought to ameliorate the tension between the LAPD and Muslims.

And the Church never, never raised a finger to ameliorate their condition.

And why do men go soldiering except to ameliorate existence?

Our first priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.

Do you pretend that it is impossible to ameliorate the lot of the people?

Our chief desire is to ameliorate the condition of the malgamite workers.

Scientists therefore have to examine all those genes en masse to cure or ameliorate the disease.

“Isolation itself is very damaging, and there is no way to ameliorate it,” Kupers told The Daily Beast.

He laboured to ameliorate the condition of the native Indians in the American colonies.

How can you determine the facts, spin the story, and attempt to ameliorate the damage?

Word Value for ameliorates
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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