Synonyms of the word melioration


MELIORATIONAMELIORATION - BETTERMENT - CONDITION - DRIFT - IMPROVEMENT - STATUS

melioration

  • n. (archaic) An improvement, betterment or amelioration.
  • n. (linguistics) The process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

amelioration

  • n. The act of making better.
  • n. an improvement.

betterment

  • n. An improvement.
  • n. (law) An improvement to a property that adds to its value.

condition

  • n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
  • n. A requirement, term, or requisite.
  • n. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal…
  • n. The health status of a medical patient.
  • n. The state or quality.
  • n. A particular state of being.
  • n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
  • v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
  • v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
  • v. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
  • v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
  • v. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
  • v. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
  • v. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
  • v. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up…
  • v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged…

drift

  • n. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
  • n. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
  • n. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
  • n. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention;…
  • n. (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
  • n. (handiwork) A tool.
  • n. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
  • n. (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an…
  • n. (nautical) Movement.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
  • v. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
  • v. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
  • v. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
  • v. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
  • v. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
  • v. (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence…
  • v. (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
  • v. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner…

improvement

  • n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering.
  • n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;…
  • n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance.
  • n. Something which is improved.
  • n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  • n. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc…
  • n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

status

  • n. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  • n. Prestige or high standing.
  • n. A situation or state of affairs.
  • n. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
  • n. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message…

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