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PRONUNCIATION OF MELIORATION

melioration  [ˌmiːlɪəˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELIORATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Melioration 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 MELIORATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of melioration in the English dictionary

The definition of melioration in the dictionary is the act or an instance of improving or the state of being improved.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELIORATION


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 MELIORATION

melic
melic grass
melick
melicotton
melilite
Melilla
melilot
melinite
meliorable
meliorate
meliorative
meliorator
meliorism
meliorist
melioristic
meliority
meliphagous
melisma
melismata
melismatic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELIORATION

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 melioration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «melioration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELIORATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

土壤改良
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mejoramiento del terreno
570 millions of speakers

English

melioration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उन्नति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحسين الاراضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелиорация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melioration
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উন্নতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mélioration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meliorasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Melioration
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

melioration
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meliorasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cải thiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

melioration
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुधार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ıslah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

melioration
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

melioracja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меліорація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ameliorare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγγειοβελτιωτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melioration
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

melioration
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjenvinning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of melioration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELIORATION»

The term «melioration» is normally little used and occupies the 112.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELIORATION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELIORATION»

Discover the use of melioration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to melioration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Afforestation and Soil Melioration: ...
The development of protective forestation; Natural conditions in the steppe and forest-steppe regions of the USSR; Arboreal and shrubby species, schemes of mixing in shelterbelts; Importance of shelterbelts; Location of shelterbelts and ...
Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut agrolesomeliorat︠s︡ii (Soviet Union), A. V. Alʹbenskiĭ, P. D. Nikitin, 1967
2
Considerations Submitted in Defence of the Orders in Council ...
It may be expedient to adopt the suggestion of the Edinburgh Review, and to pass a British statute enforcing the melioration of the slave system throughout the legislative colonies in the West Indies : or, on the contrary, it may be better not to  ...
Vindex, 1825
3
Melioration and the Behavioral Addiction Process: An ...
Melioration can be a factor contributing to behavioral addiction.
Jared Micah Dinehart, 2004
4
Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction
in later time periods. Thus, each theory proposes a sort of intertemporal dependency between consumption and utility in different time periods that is critical in accounting for addiction. The melioration, relative, and rational addiction theories ...
Nick Heather, Rudy E. Vuchinich, 2003
5
Vegetation Degradation in Central Asia under the Impact of ...
At present, melioration of irrigated farm land is considered as a leading factor of agricultural development which could solve the problem of food production. lrrigation agriculture may give two harvests during one year, taking into consideration ...
N. Kharin, 2002
6
India's Cries to British Humanity, Relative to the Suttee, ...
To which is Added Humane Hints for the Melioration of the State of Society in British India James Peggs. APPENDIX. HUMANE HINTS FOB THE MELIORATION OF THE STATE OF SOCIETY IN BRITISH INDIA. On the connexion that exists ...
James Peggs, 1830
7
Solidarity and Prosocial Behavior: An Integration of ...
Melioration implies a tendency to repeat choices with satisfactory outcomes even if other choices have higher utility, a behavioral tendency March and Simon ( 1958) call “satisficing.” A good example is the decision whether to cooperate in an ...
Detlev Fetchenhauer, Andreas Flache, Abraham P. Buunk, 2006
8
Pond Fisheries
Chapter. X. MELIORATION. OF. FISH. PONDS. Biological and physicochemical changes take place in the process of exploitation of a pond for the purpose of pisciculture : formation of a silt layer, bog conditions, and the appearance of higher ...
F. Martyshev, 1983
9
The Origin of Values
Melioration, Matching, and Suboptimality The present approach takes the view that behavior is generically sub- optimal, though still orderly, and that optimality is the exception rather than the rule (Herrnstein 8c Prelec, 1991; Prelec, 1982; ...
Michael Hechter, Lynn Nadel, Richard E. Michod, 1993
10
THE SCIENCE OF SELF-CONTROL
Let me emphasize again that this usage is undertaken for the sake of explanatory convenience and mathematical simplicity, not because melioration is correct and economic maximization is incorrect. As indicated previously, melioration and ...
Howard RACHLIN, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELIORATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term melioration is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Helping others help themselves
There, we will learn about forest conservation and, most importantly, about restoration and melioration of the soil through natural farming and ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
2
WB to allocate $200M to Uzbekistan for reconstruction of roads
WB intends to allocate a total of $1.3 billion to Uzbekistan to implement 15 investment projects in the sphere of energy, transport, melioration, ... «Trend News Agency, Jul 15»
3
Disinfection works underway in the disaster zones
In the disaster relief efforts, 20 employees and 12 pieces of special machinery of the Georgian Melioration company of MOA were actively ... «Messenger.ge, Jun 15»
4
Kyrgyzstan: Ministry of Agriculture expects for a good harvest of …
The FIANNCIAL -- The Ministry of Agriculture and Melioration of the Kyrgyz Republic hopes to receive a good harvest of agricultural crops in ... «The FINANCIAL, Jun 15»
5
Do Human Rights Increase Inequality?
And when it comes to mobilizing support, the chief tools of the human rights movement — the critique of state repression and the melioration of ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15»
6
China's Agriculture Minister Holds Talks in Tbilisi
... involving granting last year of 30 units of equipment for irrigation systems, and USD 10.7 million worth equipment for agricultural melioration. «Civil Georgia, May 15»
7
Napoleon: 'Everything in Christ astonishes me'
With an empire so absolute, he has but one single end – the spiritual melioration of individuals, the purity of the conscience, the union to that ... «WND.com, Apr 15»
8
Carole Fink - Are human rights obsolete?
... rich and poor, and colonists and colonized, and that all efforts at melioration, tainted by imbalances of power, are doomed to failure. «StarNewsOnline.com, Apr 15»
9
Economy Minister Points to IT as Fastest-Developing Industry in …
This will also necessitate the employment of 90 specialists with knowledge in hydro-melioration. At his last visit to Azerbaijan, the minister ... «Novinite.com, Feb 15»
10
Kyrgyzstan Looks to Boost Agriculture in 2015
A number of farms in Kyrgyzstan have started growing short-grade wheat and using a new Israeli melioration method. “Because of the new ... «Silk Road Reporters, Feb 15»

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