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# alleviate

verb (alleviate, alleviates, alleviated, alleviating)

«alleviate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#m1)

### In the lessons

Formal; met in health, news and essays: medicine alleviates pain, aid alleviates hunger. Phrases: «alleviate pain», «alleviate poverty», «alleviate boredom».

### Examples

- This cream alleviates itching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x1)
- Planting trees can alleviate flooding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x2)
- Food parcels alleviated hunger in the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x3)
- A cool cloth alleviated her headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x4)
- Music alleviated the boredom of the long drive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x5)
- The new road alleviated traffic jams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/#x6)

### Note

Noun: alleviation. It makes things less bad, not gone completely. Everyday words: ease, relieve.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alleviate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alleviate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alleviate.html) on Mova free.