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[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) ανακούφιση2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) βοήθημα, αρωγή3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) αντικαταστάτης (π.χ. με αλλαγή βάρδιας)4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) λύση πολιορκίας5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) ανάγλυφο•- relieve- relieved
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relief — re|lief [ rı lif ] noun *** ▸ 1 relaxed happy feeling ▸ 2 reduction of pain etc. ▸ 3 something given to someone in need ▸ 4 something with raised surface ▸ 5 right not to pay in full ▸ 6 replacement worker ▸ 7 military help ▸ 8 rest from… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
relief */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈliːf] / US [rɪˈlɪf] noun Word forms relief : singular relief plural reliefs 1) [singular/uncountable] a relaxed happy feeling that you get because something bad has not happened or a bad situation has ended It s a huge relief to know that… … English dictionary
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