alleviate
alleviate
Definition
al·le·vi·ate (ə lē′vē āt′)
transitive verb alleviated -·at′ed, alleviating -·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
Related Forms:
- alleviator al·le′·via′·tor noun
- alleviative al·le′·via′·tive adjective or alleviatory al·le′·via·to′ry (-ə tôr′ē)
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.
- 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.
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.
- greatly: These two greatly alleviates the selling pressure on the USD since much of the trade deficit goes into " dollar strong hands " .
Used with why or when
- 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.
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