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/əˈli.vi.eɪt/
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To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
alleviate his pain Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, quell, relieve
Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, intensify
(finance) to pay down partially.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
There are different ways to alleviate your financial debt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
provide physical relief, as from pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
This pill will relieve your headaches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: relieve, palliate, assuage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Narrower terms: soothe, comfort, ease
make easier
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: facilitate, ease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: help, assist, aid
Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”). By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate.
Across languages
Translations 87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
خَفَّفَ
(ḵaffafa)
— make less severe
Arabic :
لَطَّفَ
(laṭṭafa)
— make less severe
Arabic :
سَكَّنَ
(sakkana)
— make less severe
Armenian :
մեղմել
(meġmel)
— make less severe
Armenian :
մեղմացնել
(meġmacʻnel)
— make less severe
Azerbaijani :
yüngülləşdirmək
— make less severe
Azerbaijani :
asanlaşdırmaq
— make less severe
Belarusian :
змякча́ць
(zmjakčácʹ)
— make less severe
Bengali :
উপশম
(upośom)
— make less severe
Bulgarian :
облекча́вам
(oblekčávam)
— make less severe
Bulgarian :
смекча́вам
(smekčávam)
— make less severe
Catalan :
mitigar
— make less severe
Catalan :
pal·liar
— make less severe
Chinese Mandarin :
舒緩 /舒缓
(shūhuǎn)
— make less severe
Chinese Mandarin :
緩解 /缓解
(huǎnjiě)
— make less severe
Chinese Mandarin :
緩和 /缓和
(huǎnhé)
— make less severe
Chinese Mandarin :
減輕 /减轻
(jiǎnqīng)
— make less severe
Danish :
lindre
— make less severe
Danish :
mildne
— make less severe
Danish :
hjælpe på
— make less severe
Danish :
lette
— make less severe
Danish :
dulme
— make less severe
Danish :
tage brodden af
— make less severe
Dutch :
milderen
— make less severe
Dutch :
temperen
— make less severe
Dutch :
verlichten
— make less severe
Dutch :
verzachten
— make less severe
Esperanto :
mildigi
— make less severe
Esperanto :
moderigi
— make less severe
Estonian :
kergendama
— make less severe
Estonian :
leevendama
— make less severe
Faroese :
lætta
— make less severe
Faroese :
linna
— make less severe
Finnish :
helpottaa
— make less severe
Finnish :
lievittää
— make less severe
French :
adoucir
— make less severe
French :
calmer
— make less severe
French :
soulager
— make less severe
French :
alléger
— make less severe
French :
réduire
— make less severe
Galician :
aliviar
— make less severe
Georgian :
შემსუბუქება
(šemsubukeba)
— make less severe
German :
mildern
— make less severe
German :
lindern
— make less severe
German :
abschwächen
— make less severe
Greek :
ανακουφίζω
(anakoufízo)
— make less severe
Greek :
καταπραΰνω
(katapraÿ́no)
— make less severe
Hebrew :
הֵקֵל
(hekél)
— make less severe
Hungarian :
enyhít
— make less severe
Hungarian :
csillapít
— make less severe
Icelandic :
létta
— make less severe
Khmer :
កាត់បន្ថយ
(kat bɑnthɑɑy)
— make less severe
Khmer :
សម្រាល
(sɑmraal)
— make less severe
Latin :
lēniō
— make less severe
Norwegian :
lindre
— make less severe
Polish :
łagodzić
— make less severe
Portuguese :
aliviar
— make less severe
Romanian :
ușura
— make less severe
Romanian :
alina
— make less severe
Romanian :
calma
— make less severe
Russian :
облегча́ть
(oblexčátʹ)
— make less severe
Russian :
смягча́ть
(smjaxčátʹ)
— make less severe
Russian :
уменьша́ть
(umenʹšátʹ)
— make less severe
Russian :
снима́ть
(snimátʹ)
— make less severe
Scottish Gaelic :
aotromaich
— make less severe
Slovene :
ublažiti
— make less severe
Slovene :
omiliti
— make less severe
Slovene :
olajšati
— make less severe
Spanish :
aliviar
— make less severe
Spanish :
aleviar
— make less severe
Swedish :
lindra
— make less severe
Swedish :
mildra
— make less severe
Swedish :
avhjälpa
— make less severe
Thai :
บรรเทา
(ban-tao)
— make less severe
Thai :
เปลื้อง
(bplʉ̂ʉang)
— make less severe
Thai :
ปลดเปลื้อง
— make less severe
Turkish :
azaltmak
— make less severe
Turkish :
dindirmek
— make less severe
Turkish :
hafifletmek
— make less severe
Ottoman Turkish :
قیرمق
(kırmak)
— make less severe
Ukrainian :
поле́гшувати
(poléhšuvaty)
— make less severe
Ukrainian :
пом'я́кшувати
(pomʺjákšuvaty)
— make less severe
Yiddish :
אױפֿמונטערן
(oyfmuntern)
— make less severe
Yiddish :
לינדערן
(lindern)
— make less severe
Yiddish :
פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן
(farlaykhtern)
— make less severe
Yiddish :
פֿאַרגרינגערן
(fargringern)
— make less severe
Yiddish :
מילדערן
(mildern)
— make less severe
