amelioration

See also: amélioration

English

Etymology

From French amélioration

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

amelioration (countable and uncountable, plural ameliorations)

The act of making better.
An improvement.
(linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

Synonyms

revamp

Antonyms

deterioration
nerf (game slang)

Translations

act of making better

Bulgarian: подобряване (bg) (podobrjavane)
Catalan: millora (ca) f
Danish: forbedre (da)
Galician: mellora f
German: Verbesserung (de) f, Besserung (de) f
Japanese: 改良 (ja) (kairyō)

Portuguese: melhoramento (pt) m
Romanian: ameliorare (ro) f, îmbunătățire (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija (sh) f
Spanish: mejoría (es) f, mejora (es) f
Swedish: förbättring (sv)
Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג‎ f (farbeserung)

improvement

Bulgarian: подобрение (bg) (podobrenie)
Danish: forbedring (da)
French: amélioration (fr) f
German: Melioration (de) f, Verbesserung (de) f, Besserung f (medicine)
Latin: meliōrātiō f
Portuguese: melhora (pt) f, melhoria (pt) f

Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija (sh) f, melioracija (sh) f
Spanish: mejora (es) f
Swedish: förbättring (sv)
Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג‎ f (farbeserung), תּיקון‎ m (tikn)

process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time

Serbo-Croatian: melioracija (sh) f

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