Smoke control has ameliorated living conditions in the city.
SYNONYM(S): mitigate, relieve.Living conditions in the city ameliorated with smoke control.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
mel|io|rate — «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of bonus good] … Useful english dictionary
mel´io|ra´tor — mel|io|rate «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of… … Useful english dictionary
mel´io|ra´tion — mel|io|rate «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of… … Useful english dictionary
Mel Hutchins — No. 2, 9, 4, 10 Power forward / Center Personal information Date of birth November 22, 1928 (1928 11 22) (age 82) Place of birth Sacramento … Wikipedia
Mel Nowell — No. 20, 27 Guard Personal information Date of birth December 27, 1939 (1939 12 27) (age 71) Place of birth Columbus, Ohio Nationality … Wikipedia
Mel scale — Plots of pitch mels versus hertz The mel scale, named by Stevens, Volkman and Newman in 1937[1] is a perceptual scale of pitches judged by listeners to be equal in distance from one another. The reference point between this scale and normal … Wikipedia
a|mel´io|ra´tor — a|mel|io|rate «uh MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. –v.t. to make better, especially more tolerable, satisfactory, prosperous, or the like; improve: »Smoke control has ameliorated living conditions in the city. SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
Providence-St. Mel — is a private, coeducational K 12 school in Chicago, Illinois. The school currently has 594 students and 50 teachers.HistoryThe school was created in 1969 with the merger of two schools, Providence High School and St. Mel High School. In 1978 the… … Wikipedia
meliorate — mel•io•rate [[t]ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə [/t]] v. t. v. i. rat•ed, rat•ing ameliorate • Etymology: 1545–55; < L meliōrātus, ptp. of meliōrāre to make better, der. of melior better mel io•ra′tion, n. mel′io•ra tive adj. mel′io•ra tor, n … From formal English to slang
ameliorate — a•mel•io•rate [[t]əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə [/t]] v. t. v. i. rat•ed, rat•ing to make or become better or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate • Etymology: 1760–70 a•mel′io•ra•ble, adj. a•mel io•ra′tion, n. a•mel′io•ra tive, adj. a•mel′io•ra tor … From formal English to slang
