ease (noun)

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• ease — ► NOUN 1) absence of difficulty or effort. 2) freedom from worries or problems. ► VERB 1) make or become less serious or severe. 2) move carefully or gradually. 3) (ease off/up) do something with more moderation …   English terms dictionary

• ease — [iːz] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] if limits, rules, restrictions etc are eased, or someone eases them, they become less strict: • India is easing rules for joint ventures with foreign concerns. 2. [intransitive, transitive] if interest… …   Financial and business terms

• ease — noun absence of difficulty or effort. ↘freedom from worries or problems. verb 1》 make or become less serious or severe.     ↘make (something) easier; facilitate. 2》 move carefully or gradually. 3》 (ease off/up) do something with more moderation.… …   English new terms dictionary

• ease´ful|ness — ease|ful «EEZ fuhl», adjective. giving ease; comfortable; soothing: »easeful Death (Keats). The daughter sees all this as a dire threat to her happy, easeful life with her father (Newsweek). –ease´ful|ly, adverb. –ease´ful|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• ease´ful|ly — ease|ful «EEZ fuhl», adjective. giving ease; comfortable; soothing: »easeful Death (Keats). The daughter sees all this as a dire threat to her happy, easeful life with her father (Newsweek). –ease´ful|ly, adverb. –ease´ful|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• ease|ful — «EEZ fuhl», adjective. giving ease; comfortable; soothing: »easeful Death (Keats). The daughter sees all this as a dire threat to her happy, easeful life with her father (Newsweek). –ease´ful|ly, adverb. –ease´ful|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• ease|ment — «EEZ muhnt», noun. 1. Law. a right held by one person to some limited use of land owned by another. 2. an easing; relief: »Perhaps…the west had begun…to perceive some signs of an easement of tension (London Times). 3. a convenience …   Useful english dictionary

• ease — /iz / (say eez) noun 1. freedom from labour, pain, or physical annoyance of any kind; tranquil rest; comfort: to take one s ease. 2. freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: be at ease. 3. freedom from difficulty or… …  

• ease — ease1 [ iz ] verb ** ▸ 1 make less severe ▸ 2 move slowly & carefully ▸ 3 about rule/punishment ▸ 4 make process easier ▸ 5 about bad weather ▸ 6 become more relaxed ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to make a problem, bad situation, or pain less… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ease — 1 noun (U) 1 with ease if you do something with ease, it is very easy for you to do it: The car travelled smoothly up the hillside, taking the bends with ease. | It was the ease with which the burglars got into the house that worried her. | with… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ease */*/ — I UK [iːz] / US [ɪz] noun [uncountable] 1) a) the ability to do something easily with ease: Young children seem to master computer games with ease. We completed the climb with relative ease (= fairly easily). b) the fact that something is easy to …   English dictionary