meliorative

mel·io·rate

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-]
- /ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə-/
- /ˈmiː.ljə.rə.tɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-]
- /ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə-/

Definition of meliorative word

noun meliorative That meliorates; curative, salutary. 1

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Origin of meliorative

First appearance:

before 1545

One of the 30% oldest English words

1545-55; < Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Meliorative

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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meliorative popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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