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alleviate Definition

al·le·vi·ate (ə lēvē āt′)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

  1. to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.)
  2. 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

al·le·via′·tor noun al·le·via′·tive adjective or al·le·via·to′ry-ə tôr′ē

alleviate Synonyms

alleviate

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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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