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# relieved

adjective (relieved, more relieved); verb form (past of relieve)

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

## Everyday

1. Relieved means feeling happy and calm because something bad did not happen or a worry is over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#m1)
2. Relieved is the past form of relieve: to make pain or a problem less, or to take over someone's job so they can rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories «relieved» shows the end of tension: the lost dog is found, the test went well. Feelings vocabulary in well-being lessons. Health: medicine relieved the pain. Phrases: relieved to hear, relieved that, breathe a sigh of relief, feel relieved.

### Examples

- I was relieved when my cat came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x1)
- She was relieved to hear she had passed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x2)
- We were relieved that nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x3)
- The medicine relieved his headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x4)
- The guard was relieved by another soldier at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x5)
- Mum looked relieved when the plane landed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x6)
- You may be sure they were very relieved to find Peter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieved/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: i before e — re-lie-ved. Noun: relief. «Relieved» is a feeling word, like happy or worried, but it means the end of a worry.

## On Mova

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