Alleviate
verb
To make something like pain, problem or difficulty less severe.
He took medicine to alleviate his headache.
Often appears as...
- alleviate suffering
- alleviate symptoms
verb
To make something like pain, problem or difficulty less severe.
He took medicine to alleviate his headache.
Often appears as...
- alleviate suffering
- alleviate symptoms
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Relief
Use 'alleviate' to describe reducing physical discomfort or making it more bearable.
Applying ice can alleviate swelling.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Easing
It also refers to offering comfort in emotional distress or anxiety.
Talking to a friend may alleviate your worries.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Cure
Remember, 'alleviate' implies relief, not necessarily a complete solution or removal.
The policy changes may alleviate economic pressure, but won't solve the crisis.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Relief
Use 'alleviate' to describe reducing physical discomfort or making it more bearable.
Applying ice can alleviate swelling.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Easing
It also refers to offering comfort in emotional distress or anxiety.
Talking to a friend may alleviate your worries.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Cure
Remember, 'alleviate' implies relief, not necessarily a complete solution or removal.
The policy changes may alleviate economic pressure, but won't solve the crisis.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Relief
Use 'alleviate' to describe reducing physical discomfort or making it more bearable.
Applying ice can alleviate swelling.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Easing
It also refers to offering comfort in emotional distress or anxiety.
Talking to a friend may alleviate your worries.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Cure
Remember, 'alleviate' implies relief, not necessarily a complete solution or removal.
The policy changes may alleviate economic pressure, but won't solve the crisis.
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How to create a space...
what I sink right to the bottom of the suit so I'm practicing and practicing because I have to get it perfect for spaceflight but my shoulders and my muscles are rubbing on that side bearing it's just a fancy word and spacesuit design for the shoulder bearing so how can we alleviate that with our great designers love of my life my partner
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Why do some people snore...
elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition, mouth and throat exercises have been shown to alleviate obstructive sleep apnea in some preliminary trials. But these approaches, and devices like oral appliances,
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
may be denied access because of the vague fears and prejudices of those who have enough to eat. We have a huge challenge in front of us. Let's celebrate scientific innovation and use it. It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering
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How menopause affects...
So how do we do that? How do we protect our brains? Should we take hormones? That's a fair question, it's a good question. And the shortest possible answer right now is that hormonal therapy can be helpful to alleviate a number of symptoms, like hot flashes,
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How a handful of tech...
Now, instead, imagine if those designers created a different timeline that was the easiest way, using all of their data, to actually help you get out with the people that you care about? Just think, alleviating all loneliness in society,
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Children of U.S. Civil...
his mini ball breeding for bruce lee he was with two other fellow soldiers who helped him with his wound and according to reports i read later noticing my dad was choking on his own blood tried to alleviate that
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And yet, for some reason, this is okay for poor people. Now the truth is, the traditional experts in economic development and poverty alleviation, they don't know how to fix this problem. And so what happens?
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Elon Musk: The future...
to alleviate congestion. So right now, one of the most soul-destroying things is traffic. It affects people in every part of the world. It takes away so much of your life. It's horrible.
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Hans Rosling: Global...
It can be done. We can have a much more just world. With green technology and with investments to alleviate poverty, and global governance, the world can become like this.
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
and you cannot fill these jails up enough in order to alleviate the problem. I helped to start an organization
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How to create a space...
what I sink right to the bottom of the suit so I'm practicing and practicing because I have to get it perfect for spaceflight but my shoulders and my muscles are rubbing on that side bearing it's just a fancy word and spacesuit design for the shoulder bearing so how can we alleviate that with our great designers love of my life my partner
Video examples
Why do some people snore...
elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition, mouth and throat exercises have been shown to alleviate obstructive sleep apnea in some preliminary trials. But these approaches, and devices like oral appliances,
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
may be denied access because of the vague fears and prejudices of those who have enough to eat. We have a huge challenge in front of us. Let's celebrate scientific innovation and use it. It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering
Video examples
How menopause affects...
So how do we do that? How do we protect our brains? Should we take hormones? That's a fair question, it's a good question. And the shortest possible answer right now is that hormonal therapy can be helpful to alleviate a number of symptoms, like hot flashes,
Video examples
How a handful of tech...
Now, instead, imagine if those designers created a different timeline that was the easiest way, using all of their data, to actually help you get out with the people that you care about? Just think, alleviating all loneliness in society,
Video examples
Children of U.S. Civil...
his mini ball breeding for bruce lee he was with two other fellow soldiers who helped him with his wound and according to reports i read later noticing my dad was choking on his own blood tried to alleviate that
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And yet, for some reason, this is okay for poor people. Now the truth is, the traditional experts in economic development and poverty alleviation, they don't know how to fix this problem. And so what happens?
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
to alleviate congestion. So right now, one of the most soul-destroying things is traffic. It affects people in every part of the world. It takes away so much of your life. It's horrible.
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Global...
It can be done. We can have a much more just world. With green technology and with investments to alleviate poverty, and global governance, the world can become like this.
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
and you cannot fill these jails up enough in order to alleviate the problem. I helped to start an organization
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.
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Richard Eyre
British Director
We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.
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Liz Parrish
American Scientist
BioViva is trying to help improve human health and wellbeing, and alleviate suffering. We are not trying to determine who should live or die. Everyone has a right to life without suffering.
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Jennifer Ashton
American Journalist
As a physician, my core drive is to help alleviate suffering and if sharing my story could help others in some way, perhaps I could find the courage to expose my most vulnerable self.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
There's no better feeling in the world than knowing that my show played a role in stopping animal abuse or alleviating animal suffering.
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Tamannaah
Indian Actress
Queen' is an interesting film, and I have always been motivated by roles that help alleviate women empowerment in some form.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.
Quote examples
Richard Eyre
British Director
We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.
Quote examples
Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.
Quote examples
Liz Parrish
American Scientist
BioViva is trying to help improve human health and wellbeing, and alleviate suffering. We are not trying to determine who should live or die. Everyone has a right to life without suffering.
Quote examples
Jennifer Ashton
American Journalist
As a physician, my core drive is to help alleviate suffering and if sharing my story could help others in some way, perhaps I could find the courage to expose my most vulnerable self.
Quote examples
Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
There's no better feeling in the world than knowing that my show played a role in stopping animal abuse or alleviating animal suffering.
Quote examples
Tamannaah
Indian Actress
Queen' is an interesting film, and I have always been motivated by roles that help alleviate women empowerment in some form.
Quote examples
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
Quote examples
Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation.
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