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meliorate

/ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/

meliorate verb: to make better; to improve; to solve a problem.

Verb

meliorate (third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)

  1. (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
    • They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
    • Nature by art we nobly meliorate.1648, John Denham, Cato Major
    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, refine, resolve, work out, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), amend, batten, better, enhance, hone
  2. (intransitive) To become better.

meliorate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

meliorate in Tamil

உயர்வாக்கு, சீராக்கு

meliorate in Urdu

بہتر ہونا, بہتر بنانا, درست کرنا, سدھارنا

meliorate in Bengali

উন্নত করা, হ্রাস করা

meliorate in Kannada

ಉತ್ತಮಗೊಳಿಸು, ಸುಧಾರಿಸು

Synonyms of meliorate

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All synonyms of meliorate

Forms of meliorate

third-person singular presentmeliorates
present participlemeliorating
past participlemeliorated
pastmeliorated

Origin of meliorate

First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).

Words formed from meliorate

Questions about meliorate

What does meliorate mean?
Meliorate means to make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
What is meliorate in Tamil?
Meliorate in Tamil is உயர்வாக்கு, சீராக்கு. See Meliorate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is meliorate?
Meliorate is a verb.
How do you pronounce meliorate?
Meliorate is pronounced /ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of meliorate?
The past tense of meliorate is meliorated.

Words near meliorate in the dictionary

  1. melioline
  2. meliorability
  3. meliorable
  4. meliorant
  5. meliorants
  6. meliorate
  7. meliorated
  8. meliorater
  9. melioraters
  10. meliorates
  11. meliorating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meliorate (page history and authors); meliorate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meliorate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meliorate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meliorate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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