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meliorating

meliorating is the present participle and gerund of meliorate.

Meaning of meliorate

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.
    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, refine, resolve, work out, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), amend, batten, better, enhance, hone
  2. (intransitive) To become better.

Questions about meliorating

What is meliorating the present participle and gerund of?
Meliorating is the present participle and gerund of meliorate.

Words near meliorating in the dictionary

  1. meliorate
  2. meliorated
  3. meliorater
  4. melioraters
  5. meliorates
  6. meliorating
  7. melioration
  8. meliorations
  9. meliorative
  10. meliorator
  11. meliorators

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