alleviate (verb)

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• alleviate — ► VERB ▪ make (pain or difficulty) less severe. DERIVATIVES alleviation noun alleviator noun. ORIGIN Latin alleviare lighten …   English terms dictionary

• alleviate — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, greatly, significantly (esp. BrE) ▪ These problems have been greatly alleviated by the passing of the new Act. ▪ partially, partly, somewhat …   Collocations dictionary

• alleviate — verb use ice to alleviate the swelling Syn: reduce, ease, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, mitigate, allay, assuage, palliate, damp, soothe, help, soften …   Thesaurus of popular words

• alleviate — verb (T) to make something less painful or difficult: a medicine to alleviate cold symptoms | measures to alleviate poverty alleviation noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alleviate — verb To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty. Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day. Syn: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease …   Wiktionary

• alleviate — I verb abate, adievare, allay, appease, assuage, attenuate, blunt, calm, check, commute, compose, console, curb, dampen, diminish, disburden, disencumber, divert, dulcify, dull, ease, ease the burden, extenuate, free, help, hush, lessen, lighten …   Law dictionary

• alleviate — verb Syn: ease, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, lessen, reduce, moderate, allay, soothe, help, soften Ant: aggravate …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• alleviate — UK [əˈliːvɪeɪt] / US [əˈlɪvɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms alleviate : present tense I/you/we/they alleviate he/she/it alleviates present participle alleviating past tense alleviated past participle alleviated formal to make something less… …   English dictionary

• alleviate — /əˈlivieɪt / (say uh leeveeayt) verb (t) (alleviated, alleviating) to make easier to be endured; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain; to alleviate punishment. {Late Latin alleviātus, past participle} –alleviator, noun …  

• alleviate — al|le|vi|ate [ ə livi,eıt ] verb transitive to make something less painful, severe, or serious: The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain. The U.N. s most important objective is to alleviate world poverty …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• alleviate — [[t]əli͟ːvieɪt[/t]] alleviates, alleviating, alleviated VERB If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe. [FORMAL] [V n] Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain. [V n] ...the… …   English dictionary