alleviate meaning
alleviate :
to lessen, to ease
Verb
▪ The medicine alleviates pain.
▪ The medicine eases pain.
▪ She wants to alleviate her stress.
▪ She wants to lessen her stress.
paraphrasing
▪ relieve – to make better
▪ ease – to make less hard
▪ reduce – to make smaller
▪ lighten – to make lighter
Pronunciation
alleviate [əˈliːvieɪt]
The stress is on 'le' and sounds like 'uh-lee-vee-ate'.
Common phrases and grammar about alleviate
alleviate - Common meaning
Verb
to lessen, to ease
Part of Speech Changes for "alleviate"
▪ alleviation (noun) – the act of making something less severe
▪ alleviated (adjective) – made less severe
Common Expressions with "alleviate"
▪ alleviate pain – to lessen pain
▪ alleviate symptoms – to ease symptoms
▪ alleviate stress – to lessen stress
▪ alleviate suffering – to reduce suffering
Important examples of alleviate in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, alleviate often means to reduce or lessen something negative.
Example of a confusing word: elevate (to raise)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Alleviate is used as a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object, often appearing in grammar questions.
alleviate
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
alleviate concerns
'reduce worries', used in discussions about reducing anxiety or worry.
alleviate the pressure
means 'to lessen the force or stress', often used in work or study contexts.
Differences between similar words and alleviate
alleviate
,
relieve
differences
Alleviate means to make something less severe, while relieve often means to remove or free from something.
Words with the same origin as alleviate
The origin of alleviate
alleviate comes from the Latin 'alleviare', which means 'to lighten or make less heavy'.
Word structure
It has the prefix al (to), root levi (light), suffix ate (verb), meaning 'to make light'.
Words with the same origin
The root of alleviate is levi (light). Words with the same root include levitate (to float) and levity (lightness).
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