to alleviate
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5.3
- verb
- /əˈliːviˌeɪt/
:
aliviar
- Thanks to this simple procedure... we can now permanently alleviate the poor girl's suffering.
- alleviate a problem
- alleviate poverty
- alleviate the burden
So those four things are how I alleviate my own anxiety.
- So those four things are how I alleviate my own anxiety.
- He pushed me, he used me as a mechanism to alleviate his own frustration.
- And I had nobody to share that with or to help alleviate that burden from me.
- And nothing I say will alleviate the pain.
- And for some of the symptoms, hormone replacement therapy will alleviate symptoms, yes.
- So my co-author and I wanted to know what could be done to actually alleviate this problem.
- Atheists feel pain and suffer and recognize that the science of medicine will alleviate that suffering.
Examples
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There's nothing we can do for her now except to alleviate any pain she may be feeling.
Fiction book (2000) -
And I had nobody to share that with or to help alleviate that burden from me.
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And so one way that you can alleviate this problem is by starting with stars.
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Nothing has happened to alleviate the crisis.
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Anything we do to try to help alleviate it, they see as a threat to their power.
Fiction book (2001) -
Does that alleviate current pain and struggle?
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I am a city official trying to find ways to alleviate the suffering of my people.
Fiction book (2001) -
By addressing these and other areas, social workers can play a significant role in alleviating human suffering.
Academic text (2008) -
Investing in our friendships also can alleviate loneliness very successfully too.
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Taking deep breaths can help alleviate stress during exams.
Synonyms
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2.1
To make something less painful or difficult
166
2.3
Make pain, stress, or worry less
63
5.8
Make something less harmful or painful
63
3.4
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain
20
7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
14
6.9
To make fear, anger, or worry less strong
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8.1
To make a bad situation better
8
4.7
Make bad news or a loss easier to accept
1
3.4
Make a swollen area of the body smaller
1
9.0
Make disease symptoms less strong without curing the disease
To make someone feel calmer or less angry
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
alleviate = al + levi + ate
The sense 'make lighter' is conceptually linked to Latin root levis ('light'), but the root form 'levi' and the prefix 'al-' are not recognizable productive English morphemes for average learners, so the relation is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The word alleviate comes from the Latin parts ad- meaning 'to' and levis meaning 'light' or 'not heavy'. So, to alleviate something is to make it 'lighter' and easier to bear, which is why we use it for reducing pain or problems.