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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-meh-lyoh-rah-syohn
"El plan busca la amelioración de la infraestructura urbana."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act or process of making something bad or unsatisfactory better.
"The new policies brought about a noticeable amelioration in working conditions." - 2
In linguistics, the historical process whereby the meaning of a word becomes more positive or elevated over time.
"The semantic amelioration of the word 'nice' changed its meaning from 'foolish' to 'pleasant'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'amélioration', which stems from the Old French verb 'amélorer' (to make better), combining the prefix 'a-' (from Latin 'ad-', meaning 'to') and 'melior' (comparative of 'bonus', meaning 'better'). It entered the English language in the mid-17th century, initially used in legal contexts regarding land improvement before expanding to general conditions and semantics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Amelioration" is said worldwide
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amélioration
Transliteration: ameh-lyo-ra-syohn
"Cette réforme vise à l'amélioration de la qualité de vie."
Verbesserung
Transliteration: ferr-bess-er-oong
"Wir streben eine kontinuierliche Verbesserung der Prozesse an."
miglioramento
Transliteration: meel-yoh-rah-men-toh
"C'è stato un netto miglioramento nella qualità dell'aria."
amelioración
Transliteration: ah-meh-lyoh-rah-syohn
"El plan busca la amelioración de la infraestructura urbana."
melhoria
Transliteration: mehl-yoh-ree-ah
"Houve uma grande melhoria no atendimento ao cliente."
सुधार
Transliteration: sudhar
"इस नीति का उद्देश्य जीवन स्तर में सुधार लाना है।"
改善
Transliteration: gǎi shàn
"我们需要进一步改善当前的状况。"
개선
Transliteration: gae-seon
"근로 조건의 개선이 시급합니다."
改善
Transliteration: kaizen
"サービスの改善に努めております。"
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