ameliorate

/əˈmiːliəˌreɪt/

意味: 改善する

例文: June tried to ameliorate chaos with cookies.
　　  ジューンはクッキーで混乱を改善しようとした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: ameliorate conditions(状況を改善する), ameliorate relations(関係を改善する), ameliorate symptoms(症状を改善する)

定義: 状況や条件を改善することを指す。特に、困難や不快な状況をより良くするための行動やプロセスを示す。社会的、経済的、または個人的な問題に対して用いられることが多い。例えば、政策の変更や新しい技術の導入によって、生活の質や労働環境が改善される場合に使われる。医療の分野では、治療や薬によって患者の症状が軽減されることを指す。

ameliorateは約3,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: to make better
Verb: get better

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

We implemented new policies to ameliorate workplace conditions for all employees.(全従業員のために職場環境を改善する新しい方針を実施しました。)
Let’s find ways to ameliorate this situation before it gets worse.(状況が悪化する前に、改善策を見つけましょう。)
The committee’s goal is to ameliorate the community’s living standards effectively.(委員会の目標は、地域の生活水準を効果的に向上させることです。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Verb: The weather improved toward evening

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

Antonyms(反意語): worsen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, change state

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, acidify, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, alkalize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, be born, become, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, burn, calcify, calm, camp, capture, carbonize, carnify, catalyze, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chondrify, circularize, citrate, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, close, clot, cloud, cloud over, coarsen, cohere, coke, color, come to, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, conceive, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cross-fertilize, cry, curdle, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, denitrify, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disengage, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dress, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, emaciate, emancipate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, equilibrate, eroticize, erupt, esterify, estrange, etherealize, etherify, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, explode, extend, exteriorize, fall, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, fluctuate, freeze, frenchify, full, gain, gelatinize, get into, get worse, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, homogenize, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, integrate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, open, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overgrow, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, precipitate, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, react, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, secularize, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sorb, sour, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin, think, thrive, thrombose, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wake up, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen, zonk out

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): advance, build, build up, condition, educate, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, fructify, get well, heal, help, iron out, mend, perfect, polish, purify, raise, recuperate, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, surge, turn around, upgrade

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: amelioration, ameliorative, amelioratory, amendable, better, betterment, improvement, improver, melioration, meliorative

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive