alleviate Definition
al·le·vi·ate (ə lē′vē āt′)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.)
- to reduce or decrease to alleviate poverty
Etymology: ME alleviaten < LL alleviatus, pp. of alleviare, for L allevare < ad-, to + levis, light
alleviate Related Forms
alleviate Synonyms
alleviate Usage Examples
Object
- suffering: These grants went far to alleviate the suffering which without them must have, followed the event.
- poverty: The club was meant to help alleviate poverty in Glasgow's East End at the time.
- symptom: You can obtain medications to help alleviate the symptoms from your doctor.
- hardship: He said his demands were aimed at alleviating the hardship caused by the embargo.
- boredom: Working out to a DVD also alleviates the boredom of home exercise you can sometimes get.
- congestion: Express train services from these stations would help to alleviate congestion in the capital.
Subject
number: The curse can be alleviated by a number of approaches but one which has recently received much attention is the exploitation of redundancy.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: Oestrogens are used in HRT to alleviate menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and vaginal dryness.
- due: Furthermore, it has the tools with which to actually alleviate pollution problems due to traffic.
Adjective complement
most: Tips on posture and exercise also help to alleviate most of the discomforts experienced during pregnancy.
Modifying Another Word
- partially: Higher economic growth within the EU could help to partially alleviate the pensions problem.
- temporarily: It can only temporarily alleviate some of the grosser evils of the present system.
- thereby: It has a calming effect on the digestive system, thereby alleviating gastrointestinal distress and may help to reduce diarrhea.
- substantially: These two problems can be substantially alleviated by an integrated analysis method.
- greatly: These two greatly alleviates the selling pressure on the USD since much of the trade deficit goes into " dollar strong hands " .
- somewhat: These tensions were alleviated somewhat by the decision to let the agencies choose three of the six measurements.
Used with why or when
- when: Live on Radio, the tension was incredible, alleviated only when for a brief period of time we held a two goal lead.
- what: Could the planners look at something to alleviate what is only a peak period problem?
Present participle complement
suffer: He added last week: " If we can alleviate suffering by any means, that is a good thing.
Preposition: by
number: The curse can be alleviated by a number of approaches but one which has recently received much attention is the exploitation of redundancy.
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