alleviate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare (“to lighten”) (ad- (“towards”) + levis (“light”)). Doublet of alegge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈli.vi.eɪt/

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Verb

alleviate (third-person singular simple present alleviates, present participle alleviating, simple past and past participle alleviated)

1. (transitive) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

   Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

Usage notes

Particularly used of pain or difficulty, with connotations of “lightening a load”.

Synonyms

• address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve

Antonyms

• (to make less severe): aggravate

Related terms

Related terms

• alleviated
• alleviation
• alleviator

Translations

make less severe

• Arabic: خَفَّفَ (ḵaffafa), لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa), سَكَّنَ (sakkana)
• Armenian: մեղմել (hy) (meġmel), մեղմացնել (hy) (meġmacʻnel)
• Belarusian: змякча́ць impf (zmjakčácʹ)
• Bengali: উপশম (upośom)
• Bulgarian: облекча́вам (bg) impf (oblekčávam), смекча́вам (bg) impf (smekčávam)
• Catalan: mitigar (ca), pal·liar (ca)
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé) (例如：减轻痛苦, alleviate suffering)

  Traditional: 減輕／减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 緩和／缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé)

• Danish: lindre (of pain), mildne (of pain), hjælpe på (of pain), lette (da) (make easier), dulme (of pain), tage brodden af (of pain)
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: milderen (nl), temperen (nl), verlichten (nl), verzachten (nl)
• Esperanto: mildigi, moderigi
• Estonian: kergendama, leevendama
• Faroese: lætta, linna
• Finnish: helpottaa (fi), lievittää (fi)
• French: adoucir (fr), calmer (fr), soulager (fr)
• Galician: aliviar
• Georgian: შემსუბუქება (šemsubukeba)
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• German: mildern (de), lindern (de), abschwächen (de)
• Greek: ανακουφίζω (el) (anakoufízo), καταπραΰνω (el) (katapraÿ́no)
• Hebrew: להקל
• Hungarian: enyhít (hu), csillapít (hu)
• Icelandic: létta
• Interlingue:
• Khmer: កាត់បន្ថយ (kat bɑntʰɑɑy), សម្រាល (km) (sɑmraal)
• Latin: lēniō
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: łagodzić (pl)
• Portuguese: aliviar (pt)
• Romanian: ușura (ro), alina (ro), calma (ro)
• Russian: облегча́ть (ru) impf (oblexčátʹ), смягча́ть (ru) impf (smjaxčátʹ), уменьша́ть (ru) impf (umenʹšátʹ), снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: aotromaich
• Slovene: ublažiti, omiliti, olajšati
• Spanish: aliviar (es), mitigar (es), paliar (es)
• Swedish: lindra (sv), mildra (sv), avhjälpa
• Turkish: azaltmak (tr), dindirmek (tr), hafifletmek (tr) (law)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: גרינגער (gringer)

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Italian

Verb

alleviate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of allevare
2. second-person plural present indicative of alleviare
3. second-person plural imperative of alleviare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of alleviare
5. feminine plural of alleviato

Anagrams

• alleatevi

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) alleviāte

1. vocative masculine singular of alleviātus