amelioration

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• /əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 M IY2 L Y ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подобряване (podobrjavane) — act of making better
• Catalan: millora — act of making better
• Danish: forbedre — act of making better
• Galician: mellora — act of making better
• Galician: melloría — act of making better
• Galician: melloramento — act of making better
• German: Verbesserung — act of making better
• German: Besserung — act of making better
• Italian: miglioria — act of making better
• Japanese: 改良 (kairyō) — act of making better
• Polish: amelioracja — act of making better
• Polish: ulepszenie — act of making better
• Portuguese: melhoramento — act of making better
• Romanian: ameliorare — act of making better
• Romanian: îmbunătățire — act of making better
• Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija — act of making better
• Spanish: mejoría — act of making better
• Spanish: mejora — act of making better
• Spanish: mejoramiento — act of making better
• Swedish: förbättring — act of making better
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג (farbeserung) — act of making better
• Bulgarian: подобрение (podobrenie) — improvement
• Danish: forbedring — improvement
• French: amélioration — improvement
• German: Melioration — improvement
• German: Verbesserung — improvement
• German: Besserung — improvement
• Italian: miglioramento — improvement
• Latin: meliōrātiō — improvement
• Portuguese: melhora — improvement
• Portuguese: melhoria — improvement
• Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija — improvement
• Serbo-Croatian: melioracija — improvement
• Spanish: mejora — improvement
• Swedish: förbättring — improvement
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג (farbeserung) — improvement
• Yiddish: תּיקון (tikn) — improvement
• Malay: ameliorasi — process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time
• Serbo-Croatian: melioracija — process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time