Adjective: ameliorating u'meel-yu,rey-ting [N. Amer], u'mee-lee-u,rey-ting [Brit]
- Tending to ameliorate
"Federal assistance has an ameliorating effect on the difference in school budgets between wealthy and poor districts";
- ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
- To make better
"The editor ameliorated the manuscript with his changes";
- better, improve, amend, meliorate, mend
- Get better
"The weather ameliorated toward evening";
- better, improve, meliorate
Type of: alter, change, change state, modify, turn
Encyclopedia: Ameliorate