AMELIORATE, a formal word, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions. To BETTER is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (gain a higher salary).

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Ameliorate Sentence Examples

He wanted to ameliorate the present suffering. She wanted to ameliorate the situation. A centralized policy would compound, not ameliorate, the problem. A solution to ameliorate the negative impact of these areas is needed.

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