Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ameliorate
Participle: ameliorated
Gerund: ameliorating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ameliorate |
| you | ameliorate |
| he;she;it | ameliorates |
| we | ameliorate |
| you | ameliorate |
| they | ameliorate |
Perfect
| I | have ameliorated |
| you | have ameliorated |
| he;she;it | has ameliorated |
| we | have ameliorated |
| you | have ameliorated |
| they | have ameliorated |
Past
| I | ameliorated |
| you | ameliorated |
| he;she;it | ameliorated |
| we | ameliorated |
| you | ameliorated |
| they | ameliorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ameliorated |
| you | had ameliorated |
| he;she;it | had ameliorated |
| we | had ameliorated |
| you | had ameliorated |
| they | had ameliorated |
Future
| I | will ameliorate |
| you | will ameliorate |
| he;she;it | will ameliorate |
| we | will ameliorate |
| you | will ameliorate |
| they | will ameliorate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ameliorated |
| you | will have ameliorated |
| he;she;it | will have ameliorated |
| we | will have ameliorated |
| you | will have ameliorated |
| they | will have ameliorated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ameliorate |
| you | ameliorate |
| he;she;it | ameliorate |
| we | ameliorate |
| you | ameliorate |
| they | ameliorate |
Perfect
| I | have ameliorated |
| you | have ameliorated |
| he;she;it | have ameliorated |
| we | have ameliorated |
| you | have ameliorated |
| they | have ameliorated |
Imperfect
| I | ameliorated |
| you | ameliorated |
| he;she;it | ameliorated |
| we | ameliorated |
| you | ameliorated |
| they | ameliorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ameliorated |
| you | had ameliorated |
| he;she;it | had ameliorated |
| we | had ameliorated |
| you | had ameliorated |
| they | had ameliorated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ameliorate |
| you | would ameliorate |
| he;she;it | would ameliorate |
| we | would ameliorate |
| you | would ameliorate |
| they | would ameliorate |
Perfect
| I | would have ameliorated |
| you | would have ameliorated |
| he;she;it | would have ameliorated |
| we | would have ameliorated |
| you | would have ameliorated |
| they | would have ameliorated |
Imperative
| you | ameliorate |
| we | Let's ameliorate |
| you | ameliorate |
Verbs conjugated like 'ameliorate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ameliorate'
meliorate,
ameliorize,
ampliate,
delibrate,
delirate,
meliorize,
memorate,
viliorate,
abalienate,
aberrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make better
- amend, batten, better, enhance, improve, meliorate
- to make tolerable
- pacify
- better
- help, amend, improve, raise, rectify, reform, promote, elevate
Antonyms
- to become worse
- better, improve, worsen
- to make or render worse
- improve, repair, restore, aggravate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Alteration of meliorate after French améliorer. See: French '
améliorer'.
Verbs referencing "ameliorate"
Spanish
mejorar, Ido ameliorar.
Sample Sentences
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They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
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In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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Unless... you could help me find a third party. [...] Someone who can... ameliorate the situation. [2011, Peter Gould, “Problem Dog”, in Breaking Bad, season 4, episode 7 (television production), spoken by Walter White (Bryan Cranston):]
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We further show that an implementable rule for the central bank's long bond portfolio significantly ameliorates the adverse consequences of a binding ZLB on the policy rate. [2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947]