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# alleviate

«alleviate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (alleviate, alleviates, alleviated, alleviating)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alleviate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.