Alleviate definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

1. to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.) 2. to reduce or decrease. to alleviate ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'alleviate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× alleviate (əliːvieɪt ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensealleviates ,presentparticiplealleviating ,pasttense,pastparticiplealleviated verb Ifyoualleviatepain,suffering,oranunpleasantcondition,youmakeitlessintenseorsevere. [formal]Nowadays,agreatdealcanbedonetoalleviatebackpain.[VERBnoun] ...theproblemofalleviatingmasspoverty.[VERBnoun] Synonyms:ease,reduce,relieve,moderate MoreSynonymsofalleviate alleviation(əliːvieɪʃən )uncountablenounTheirenergieswerefocussedonthealleviationoftherefugees'misery.[+of] Synonyms:easing,relief,reduction,dulling MoreSynonymsofalleviate COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof alleviate Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'alleviate' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'alleviate' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'libertycap' HindiTranslationof'alleviate' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency alleviateinBritishEnglish (əˈliːvɪˌeɪt ) verb(transitive) tomake(pain,sorrow,etc)easiertobear;lessen;relieve ▶ USAGESeenoteatameliorateCollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsalleviation(alˌleviˈation)noun alleviative(alˈleviative)adjective alleviator(alˈleviˌator)noun WordoriginC15:fromLateLatinalleviāretomitigate,fromLatinlevislight WordFrequency alleviateinAmericanEnglish (əˈliviˌeɪt ) verbtransitiveWordforms:alˈleviˌatedoralˈleviˌating1.  tomakelesshardtobear;lightenorrelieve(pain,suffering,etc.) 2.  toreduceordecrease toalleviatepoverty SIMILARWORDS: reˈlieve Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsalleviator(alˈleviˌator) noun alleviative(alˈleviˌative) adjectiveoralˈleviaˌtory(əˈliviəˌtɔri ) WordoriginMEalleviaten