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Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.
Preneet Kaur

Meaning of "amelioration" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMELIORATION

amelioration  [əˌmiːljəˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMELIORATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amelioration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMELIORATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of amelioration in the English dictionary

The first definition of amelioration in the dictionary is the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated. Other definition of amelioration is something that ameliorates; an improvement. Amelioration is also Also called: elevation a change from pejorative to neutral or positively pleasant. The word nice has achieved its modern meaning by amelioration from the earlier sense foolish, silly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMELIORATION


acceleration
ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən
collaboration
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən
configuration
kənˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən
consideration
kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən
cooperation
kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
declaration
ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
deliberation
dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən
duration
djʊˈreɪʃən
expiration
ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən
exploration
ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən
federation
ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən
generation
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
incorporation
ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
inspiration
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən
operation
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
restoration
ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən
separation
ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMELIORATION

amebocyte
ameboid
ameer
ameerate
ameiosis
amelcorn
amelia
ameliorable
ameliorant
ameliorate
ameliorative
ameliorator
amelioratory
ameloblast
amelogenesis
amen
amen corner
Amen-Ra
amenability
amenable

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMELIORATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
formation
foundation
hesitation

Synonyms and antonyms of amelioration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMELIORATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amelioration» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of amelioration

Translation of «amelioration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMELIORATION

Find out the translation of amelioration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amelioration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amelioration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

改善
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mejora
570 millions of speakers

English

amelioration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुधार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحسن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелиорация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melhoria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উন্নতিবিধান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amélioration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amelioration
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verbesserung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

改善
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amelioration
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cải thiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிப்படுத்துவதையும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुधारणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzelme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miglioramento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poprawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меліорація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ameliorare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βελτίωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbetering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbättring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amelioration
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amelioration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMELIORATION»

The term «amelioration» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMELIORATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amelioration

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QUOTES WITH «AMELIORATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amelioration.
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Preneet Kaur
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMELIORATION»

Discover the use of amelioration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amelioration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Environmental Stress and Amelioration in Livestock Production
By systematically and comprehensively addressing all aspects of environmental stresses and livestock productivity, this volume is a useful tool for understanding the various intricacies of stress physiology.
Veerasamy Sejian, S.M.K. Naqvi, Thaddeus Ezeji, 2012
2
British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834: The Process of ...
The first account of Caribbean slavery to draw from the plantation records of several different sugar colonies, this book examines the attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in ...
J. R. Ward, 1988
3
The Amelioration and Abolition of Slavery in Trinidad, 1812 ...
As the Preface states, this book is a result of a research project for the History Department of the University of the West Indies.
Noel Titus, 2009
4
Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, ...
A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing steadily.
Committee on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The State of the Science, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, 2011
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Soil Water Repellency: Occurrence, Consequences, and ...
The fourth section is devoted to the effect of fire on water repellency, section five deals with the physics and modeling of flow and transport in water repellent soils, section six presents amelioration techniques and farming strategies to ...
C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker, 2003
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The Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion
The Leeward Islands Amelioration Act of 1798 emerged during the first amelioration period at a critical stage in the evolution of slavery in the British sugar colonies. Many well-known historians of slavery have shown that by the 1780s the ...
Robert L. Paquette, Stanley L. Engerman, 1996
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ADVANCES IN FOOD RESEARCH
Thus, amelioration in the United States does not necessarily imply a process to reduce acidity, but can simply involve the addition of sugar to grapes to increase potential alcohol content of the resultant wine. In Germany, this is called ...
C. O. Chichester, George Franklin Stewart, 1979
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A Speech ... on the amelioration of the condition of the ...
AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE RYOTT POPULATION 0F BENGALI riSe, Gentlemen, not to address you on the usual subject of agitation among the native com- - munity in the present days, the throwing open of the highest ...
9
Symposium Cirad/catie Amelioration Genetique Et ...
AMELIORATION. GENETIQUE . El mejoramiento de las plantas tropicales J. Schwendiman Representante MICAP (misión de conocimiento y mejoramiento de las plantas), ORAD Jefe de BIOTROP, CIRAD, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier, ...
10
The Currency Laws and Their Operation, with Suggestions for ...
'h'; THE cUii'R'ii'N CY LAWS AND THEIR OPERATION, 'VITH SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR AMELIORATION. Or all the commercial questions which have passed under the review of Parliament during the present century, there is none which ...
Alfred Vincent NEWTON, 1855

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMELIORATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amelioration is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poverty of intellectualism in Nigeria
... the activities of Bertrand Russell (Earl Russell) as leader of the movement for world peace and for the amelioration of the conditions of life of ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
A bottom-up approach
This is the starting point for an understanding of its causes, and targeted and focused programmes for its amelioration. The stark headline from ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
The Truth Behind the 'Consumer Protection Reform Strategy'
What we find is a marketing myth, an illusion of 'reform,' some changes, but no amelioration. Much like shifting chairs on the Titanic, there was a ... «Sourceable, Jul 15»
4
The richest man
... even before the amelioration of load shedding, aggrandisement of foreign exchange reserves, snowballing GDP growth and whatever else ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Excessive daytime sleepiness and falls among older men and …
... located outside. Amelioration of EDS may assist in improving functional outcomes among these individuals by reducing the risk for falls. «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
6
Health and wellbeing are at the heart of our Green future
... but brushing them aside with a mixture of 'live with it' amelioration measures like insulation for homes and schools (because you don't want ... «The Ecologist, Jul 15»
7
Alzheimer's Disease – Identifying and Commercializing First-in …
Many endpoints in Preclinical investigations focus on amelioration of amyloid burden and tau pathology, as well as cognitive performance in ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
8
South China Sea: China's HD-981 Oil Rig Is Back
... the biggest beneficiaries of a status quo scenario in the South China Sea, there is every indication that a policy of amelioration is preferable. «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
9
Da'Mage Control
... John (who is excited to breathe air and contemplate the plateaus of mankind's technological amelioration), and Houseguest's Choice (who is ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
10
Type 2 Diabetes Remission Greater After Bariatric Surgery
Nonsurgical treatments for type 2 diabetes, including lifestyle modifications and medical therapies, do not often result in complete amelioration. «Endocrinology Advisor, Jul 15»

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