Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.

    alleviate his pain

    Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

    mildern, lindern, abschwächen

    облегча́тьoblexčátʹ, смягча́тьsmjaxčátʹ, уменьша́тьumenʹšátʹ

    поле́гшуватиpoléhšuvaty, пом'я́кшуватиpomʺjákšuvaty

  2. (transitive)(finance) to pay down partially.

    There are different ways to alleviate your financial debt.

More definitions
  • provide physical relief, as from pain
  • make easier

Examples

38 sentences
  1. What alleviates the pain?

    ruЧто облегчает боль? — corvard

    deWas lindert die Schmerzen? — corvard

  2. There is no specific treatment for chickenpox, but there are pharmacy remedies that can alleviate symptoms.

    Не існує специфічних ліків для лікування вітряної віспи, але є медичні засоби для пом'якшування симптомів. — deniko

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  3. This medicine will alleviate the pain.

    deDieses Medikament wird den Schmerz lindern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Sami took medication to alleviate pain.

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  5. This will surely alleviate the pain.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make less severe:
Русский
By meaning 1
make less severe:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make less severe:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to allevia

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”). By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate.

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Forms

alleviates, alleviating, alleviated, alleviated
Base formalleviate · to alleviate
3rd person singularalleviates
Present participlealleviating
Past simplealleviated
Past participlealleviated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalleviate
he, she, italleviates

Past simpleLesson

all personsalleviated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave alleviated
he, she, ithas alleviated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alleviate

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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