relieve verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

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relieve · We played cards to relieve the boredom of the long wait. · The black and white pattern is relieved by tiny coloured flowers. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofrelieveverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary relieveverb  /rɪˈliːv/ /rɪˈliːv/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theyrelieve /rɪˈliːv/ /rɪˈliːv/he/she/itrelieves /rɪˈliːvz/ /rɪˈliːvz/pastsimplerelieved /rɪˈliːvd/ /rɪˈliːvd/pastparticiplerelieved /rɪˈliːvd/ /rɪˈliːvd/-ingformrelieving /rɪˈliːvɪŋ/ /rɪˈliːvɪŋ/PhrasalVerbs jumptootherresults  relievesomethingtoremoveorreduceanunpleasantfeelingorpaintorelievethesymptomsofacoldtorelieveanxiety/guilt/stressBeingabletotellthetruthatlastseemedtorelieveher.ExtraExamplesTheytrytorelievethesymptomsofdepressionbydrinking.Don'tresorttoalcoholtorelievestress.Takepainkillersandhotdrinkstorelievethesymptoms.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbtemporarilycompletelypartially…verb+relieveattempttotrytohelp(to)…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  relievesomethingtomakeaproblemlessserioussynonymalleviateeffortstorelievepovertytorelievetrafficcongestionAidworkerscalledforfurthereffortfromgovernmentstorelievethefamine.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbtemporarilycompletelypartially…verb+relieveattempttotrytohelp(to)…Seefullentry relievesomethingtomakesomethinglessboring,especiallybyintroducingsomethingdifferentWeplayedcardstorelievetheboredomofthelongwait.Theblackandwhitepatternisrelievedbytinycolouredflowers.relievesomebodytoreplacesomebodyattheendoftheirperiodofdutytorelieveasentryYou'llberelievedatsixo'clock.relievesomethingtofreeatown,etc.fromanenemyarmythathassurroundeditrelieveyourselfapolitewayofreferringtogoingtothetoiletIhadtorelievemyselfbehindabush.WordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrenchrelever,fromLatinrelevare,fromre-(expressingintensiveforce)+levare‘raise’(fromlevis‘light’).PhrasalVerbsrelieveofSeerelieveintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeerelieveintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: relieve Otherresults Allmatches relieveof relievesomebodyofsomething Phrasalverbs relievesomebodyofsomething Nearbywords reliefpitchernoun reliefroadnoun relieveverb relievedadjective relieveofphrasalverb graduate verb     FromtheWordlist Oxford3000 B1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay

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