alleviate
verb/əˈliːvieɪt/
/əˈliːvieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they alleviate | /əˈliːvieɪt/ /əˈliːvieɪt/ |
| he / she / it alleviates | /əˈliːvieɪts/ /əˈliːvieɪts/ |
| past simple alleviated | /əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ /əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle alleviated | /əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ /əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form alleviating | /əˈliːvieɪtɪŋ/ /əˈliːvieɪtɪŋ/ |
- alleviate something to make something less severe synonym ease
- to alleviate suffering
- A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.
Extra Examples- These problems have been greatly alleviated by the passing of the new Act.
- Are we doing enough to alleviate poverty?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- significantly
- …
- be designed to
- help (to)
- do little to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin alleviat- ‘lightened’, from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- ‘to’ + levare ‘raise’, influenced by levis ‘light’.Want to learn more?
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