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It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.
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Meaning of "alleviate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALLEVIATE

From Late Latin alleviāre to mitigate, from Latin levis light.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLEVIATE

alleviate  [əˈliːvɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLEVIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alleviate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb alleviate in English.

WHAT DOES ALLEVIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alleviate in the English dictionary

The definition of alleviate in the dictionary is to make easier to bear; lessen; relieve.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ALLEVIATE

PRESENT

Present
I alleviate
you alleviate
he/she/it alleviates
we alleviate
you alleviate
they alleviate
Present continuous
I am alleviating
you are alleviating
he/she/it is alleviating
we are alleviating
you are alleviating
they are alleviating
Present perfect
I have alleviated
you have alleviated
he/she/it has alleviated
we have alleviated
you have alleviated
they have alleviated
Present perfect continuous
I have been alleviating
you have been alleviating
he/she/it has been alleviating
we have been alleviating
you have been alleviating
they have been alleviating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I alleviated
you alleviated
he/she/it alleviated
we alleviated
you alleviated
they alleviated
Past continuous
I was alleviating
you were alleviating
he/she/it was alleviating
we were alleviating
you were alleviating
they were alleviating
Past perfect
I had alleviated
you had alleviated
he/she/it had alleviated
we had alleviated
you had alleviated
they had alleviated
Past perfect continuous
I had been alleviating
you had been alleviating
he/she/it had been alleviating
we had been alleviating
you had been alleviating
they had been alleviating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will alleviate
you will alleviate
he/she/it will alleviate
we will alleviate
you will alleviate
they will alleviate
Future continuous
I will be alleviating
you will be alleviating
he/she/it will be alleviating
we will be alleviating
you will be alleviating
they will be alleviating
Future perfect
I will have alleviated
you will have alleviated
he/she/it will have alleviated
we will have alleviated
you will have alleviated
they will have alleviated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been alleviating
you will have been alleviating
he/she/it will have been alleviating
we will have been alleviating
you will have been alleviating
they will have been alleviating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would alleviate
you would alleviate
he/she/it would alleviate
we would alleviate
you would alleviate
they would alleviate
Conditional continuous
I would be alleviating
you would be alleviating
he/she/it would be alleviating
we would be alleviating
you would be alleviating
they would be alleviating
Conditional perfect
I would have alleviate
you would have alleviate
he/she/it would have alleviate
we would have alleviate
you would have alleviate
they would have alleviate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been alleviating
you would have been alleviating
he/she/it would have been alleviating
we would have been alleviating
you would have been alleviating
they would have been alleviating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you alleviate
we let´s alleviate
you alleviate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to alleviate
Past participle
alleviated
Present Participle
alleviating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLEVIATE


abbreviate
əˈbriːvɪˌeɪt
affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
aviate
ˈeɪvɪˌeɪt
bloviate
ˈbləʊvɪˌeɪt
breviate
ˈbriːvɪˌeɪt
deviate
ˈdiːvɪˌeɪt
differentiate
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪˌeɪt
eluviate
ɪˈluːvɪˌeɪt
exuviate
ɪɡˈzjuːvɪˌeɪt
foveate
ˈfəʊvɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
initiate
ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt
lixiviate
lɪkˈsɪvɪˌeɪt
mediate
ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt
negotiate
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt
obviate
ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt
overdeviate
ˌəʊvəˈdiːvɪˌeɪt
perviate
ˈpɜːvɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLEVIATE

allergenicity
allergic
allergic rhinitis
allergies
allergin
allergist
allergy
allerion
allethrin
alleviant
alleviation
alleviative
alleviator
alleviatory
alley
alley cat
alley gate
alleycat
alleyed
alleyway

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLEVIATE

appropriate
collegiate
covariate
denunciate
expatriate
immediate
inappropriate
induviate
intercollegiate
intermediate
irradiate
khediviate
landgraviate
margraviate
multivariate
novitiate
opiate
radiate
substantiate
univariate

Synonyms and antonyms of alleviate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ALLEVIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «alleviate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of alleviate

Translation of «alleviate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLEVIATE

Find out the translation of alleviate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alleviate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alleviate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

减轻 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mitigar
570 millions of speakers

English

alleviate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخفيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облегчить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aliviar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপশম করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soulager
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meredakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lindern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緩和する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경감시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngurangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giảm bớt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उपशमन करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafifletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alleviare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złagodzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полегшити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atenua
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακουφίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lindra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lindre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alleviate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEVIATE»

The term «alleviate» is very widely used and occupies the 21.766 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEVIATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alleviate

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10 QUOTES WITH «ALLEVIATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alleviate.
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Christiaan Barnard
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
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Tim Bishop
It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.
3
Harold Bloom
If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.
4
Tryon Edwards
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.
5
Richard Eyre
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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Paul Farmer
For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.
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Diane Ladd
Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an open mind.
8
John L. Lewis
The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant them their political rights. Despairing of fair treatment, they resolved to do something for themselves.
9
Stephen F. Lynch
Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.
10
Mel Martinez
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLEVIATE»

Discover the use of alleviate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alleviate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting ...
While this book exposes past and current development efforts that churches have engaged in which unintentionally undermine the people they're trying to help, its central point is to provide proven strategies that challenge Christians to ...
Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, 2014
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Acupressure Guide: Alleviate Headaches, Neck And Joint Pain, ...
Acupressure is an ancient art practiced by Chinese for over 5,000 years. This fully illustrated guide by Aaron Stein, Ph.D., distills acupressure into simple exercises that can be used to alleviate wide range of medical condition.
Aaron Stein, 2005
3
Can Inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of an Aging ...
With pay-as-you-go schemes in place, population aging will impose a heavy fiscal burden on young and future cohorts.
Erik Lueth, 2001
4
Homeland Security: Federal Efforts are Helping to Alleviate ...
Recognizing that fusion centers are a mechanism for information sharing, the fed. gov¿t. -- including the Dept. of Homeland Security, the Dept. of Justice, and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, which has primary ...
Eileen R. Larence, 2008
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Acupressure Guide for Smartphones and Mobile Devices - ...
Acupressure is an ancient art practiced by Chinese for over 5,000 years. This fully illustrated guide by Aaron Stein, Ph.D., distills acupressure into simple exercises that can be used to alleviate wide range of medical condition.
Aaron Stein, MobileReference, 2005
6
Microfinance - A way to Alleviate poverty
The article traces the fruition of the Microfinance insurrection in India as a potent tool for poverty mitigation and women empowerment.
Shweta Sawhney, 2011
7
Educators leading the challenge to alleviate school violence
The book attempts to improve the understanding that major challenges confront the proponents of excellence in our schools and that vestige of school violence, lack of understanding of cultural differences and diversity and the special need ...
Rose M. Duhon-Sells, Leslie Agard-Jones, 2003
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When Helping Hurts SAMPLER: How to Alleviate Poverty Without ...
Now with a new preface, a new foreword, and a new chapter to assist in the next steps of applying the book's principles to your situation, When Helping Hurts is a new classic!
Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, 2012
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Study of a control system to alleviate aircraft response to ...
Almost complete gust alleviation may be obtained with this system when the center of gravity of the STOL airplane is at rearward locations, but pitch stability augmentation is required for satisfactory control characteristics.
William H. Phillips, Langley Research Center, 1973
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Moving forward with the International Undertaking: legal ...
... letter of intent: Severing the most contentious issue – in this case benefit- sharing – and addressing it through a unilateral letter of intent on behalf of developed countries may alleviate mistrust by making clarifying intentions in a legal format.
Bioversity, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLEVIATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alleviate is used in the context of the following news items.
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PM asks all agencies to alleviate student disputes - ThaiVisa News
You are at:Home»Thailand»PM asks all agencies to alleviate student disputes. Please Wait 20 Seconds... Latest Thailand News Visa ... «ThaiVisa News, Jul 15»
2
New U-Haul business aims to alleviate demand
The town's new U-Haul location is officially open for business at Safeguard Storage of Dickinson, at 677 Livestock Lane, and is owned by Seth ... «Dickinson Press, Jul 15»
3
Could Google's Sidewalk Labs help alleviate urban city problems?
It's this inevitable dichotomy between data and real life that will likely define [Google's] Sidewalk Labs...There's a naivety to their worldview that ... «Archinect, Jul 15»
4
How to Alleviate the Cap Loss Tax Problem
When securities markets swoon and apprehensive investors bail out of their holdings, they console themselves with deductions for capital ... «Accountingweb.com, Jul 15»
5
VDOT clearing work zones, lifting lane closures to alleviate holiday …
RICHMOND — Virginia transportation officials are suspending most highway work zones to make room for the rush of Fourth of July holiday ... «The Daily Progress, Jul 15»
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New ICU at Beaufort Memorial Will Help Alleviate Crowded ER
Beaufort Memorial Hospital's new intensive care unit is not only beautiful but functional as well. “The first big advantage is that it gives us more ... «WSAV-TV, Jul 15»
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New Standard Seeks to Alleviate Challenges of Sharing …
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Hoping to alleviate some of the difficulties associated with accessing and running bioinformatics resources, ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
8
Plans to Alleviate School Shift System Underway
Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2015 (SKNIS): Minister of Education the Hon. Shawn Richards has stated that the plans to improve the shift system ... «SKNVibes.com, Jul 15»
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Additional Police to Be Added to Jerusalem to Combat Terror And …
Additional Police to Be Added to Jerusalem to Combat Terror And Alleviate Fears and Anxiety of Residents. (Wednesday, July 1st, 2015) ... «Yeshiva World News, Jul 15»
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$600K project to alleviate crowded YMCA
It won't come as a surprise to the 4,400 members of Navarre's Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA that it is time to expand. The YMCA opened its ... «Navarre Press, Jul 15»

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