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My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain.
Elizabeth Holmes

Meaning of "relief work" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELIEF WORK

relief work  [rɪˈliːf wɜːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELIEF WORK

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Relief work is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RELIEF WORK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

relief work

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. It may therefore be distinguished from development aid, which seeks to address the underlying socioeconomic factors which may have led to a crisis or emergency. According to The Overseas Development Institute, a London-based research establishment, whose findings were released in April 2009 in the paper 'Providing aid in insecure environments:2009 Update', the most lethal year in the history of humanitarianism was 2008, in which 122 aid workers were murdered and 260 assaulted. Those countries deemed least safe were Somalia and Afghanistan. In 2012, Humanitarian Outcomes reports that the countries with the highest incidents were: Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria, Pakistan and Somalia.

Definition of relief work in the English dictionary

The definition of relief work in the dictionary is the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELIEF WORK


artwork
ˈɑːtˌwɜːk
bodywork
ˈbɒdɪˌwɜːk
clockwork
ˈklɒkˌwɜːk
coursework
ˈkɔːsˌwɜːk
fieldwork
ˈfiːldˌwɜːk
firework
ˈfaɪəˌwɜːk
framework
ˈfreɪmˌwɜːk
groundwork
ˈɡraʊndˌwɜːk
homework
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk
housework
ˈhaʊsˌwɜːk
needlework
ˈniːdəlˌwɜːk
network
ˈnɛtˌwɜːk
paperwork
ˈpeɪpəˌwɜːk
patchwork
ˈpætʃˌwɜːk
rework
riːˈwɜːk
teamwork
ˈtiːmˌwɜːk
waxwork
ˈwæksˌwɜːk
wickerwork
ˈwɪkəˌwɜːk
woodwork
ˈwʊdˌwɜːk
work
wɜːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELIEF WORK

relief
relief agency
relief fund
relief map
relief organization
relief pitcher
relief road
relief supplies
relief troops
relief valve
relief worker
reliefless
relier
relies
relievable
relieve
relieve oneself
relieved
relievedly
reliever

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELIEF WORK

all in a day´s work
at work
charity work
contract work
course work
detective work
dirty work
field work
group work
life´s work
maid of all work
neural network
office work
out of work
outside work
police work
research work
rough work
social work
voluntary work
welfare work

Synonyms and antonyms of relief work in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «relief work» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELIEF WORK

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

Translator English - Chinese

救灾工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajo de ayuda
570 millions of speakers

English

relief work
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राहत कार्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعمال الإغاثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облегчение работы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho de assistência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্রাণ কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les travaux de secours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja bantuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hilfsarbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

救済活動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구호 활동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Relief karya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công tác cứu trợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிவாரண வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरामकार्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yardım çalışmaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opera di soccorso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

praca ulga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полегшення роботи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

munca de relief
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έργο ανακούφισης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verligting werk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjälparbete
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjelpearbeid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relief work

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIEF WORK»

The term «relief work» is regularly used and occupies the 104.189 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIEF WORK» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «RELIEF WORK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word relief work.
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Elizabeth Holmes
My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELIEF WORK»

Discover the use of relief work in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relief work and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War
Tony Vaux brings over 20 years experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency managers to the exploration of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgements and the dilemmas relief workers contend with.
Anthony Vaux, Tony Vaux, 2013
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Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society
Then, we explore some of the particular characteristics of relief work in Myanmar and the ways in which those practices are articulated within the context of Buddhist beliefs. We identify ways in which Buddhist involvement with relief work is ...
Hiroko Kawanami, Geoffrey Samuel, 2013
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Higher Wages for Relief Work Can Make Many of the Poor Worse ...
Relief work schemes provide well-targeted relief to poor people, and valuable insurance against poverty. But their success may depend on the scheme's design — particularly the wage rate and coverage offered. The most famous and one ...
Martin Ravallion, Gaurav Datt, Shubham Chaudhuri, 1991
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The Social Relief Work of the Salvation Army in the United ...
Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth Tucker. position is indeed painful. It is only natural that employers should be very unwilling to offer him work. But should he succeed in finding a place, he will commonly be blackmailed by his old ...
Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth Tucker, 1900
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Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating ...
Existing interdisciplinary collaborations, creative partnerships, gaps in care, and needed interdisciplinary work are identified and addressed, making this book both a useful reference for theory and an invaluable hands-on resource.
Grant H. Brenner, Daniel H. Bush, Joshua Moses, 2009
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Relief Work Among the Villages of Mount Pangaeon, by ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
National Red Cross Commission to Greece, 2009
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Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating ...
Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work Grant H. Brenner, Daniel H. Bush, Joshua Moses. transformation, addressing previously overlooked problems, seeking wherever possible to improve conditions. Prevention of adverse events and ...
Grant H. Brenner, Daniel H. Bush, Joshua Moses, 2010
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The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief
Advocacy and lobbying on issues of humanitarian aid policy and practice, and on sustainable peace-making initiatives, are an integral part of Oxfam's relief work, as of its development programmes. This is becoming an especially important ...
Deborah Eade, Suzanne Williams, 1995
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Commission of the American Jewish Relief Funds: Report to ...
How would it be possible to obviate these difficulties if there were not here in Germany, in Berlin, a strong support for the relief work among the German Jews? I must say that I observed at every step that the relief work would be impossible if  ...
Judah Leon Magnes, Alexander M. Dushkin, 1917
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Report on Relief of Destitute Unemployed, 1914-1915: To His ...
Approximate number of unemployed directly aided by relief work undertaken by municipalities December, 1014, to April 1, 1915 (incomplete reports) : Alameda : 200 given employment as relief work. Berkeley : 1,852 meals and 1-501 lodgings  ...
California. Commission of Immigration and Housing, Simon Julius Lubin, 1915

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELIEF WORK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relief work is used in the context of the following news items.
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Darjeeling landslide relief work on; CM, Rijiju visit area
Siliguri/Kolkata, July 2: Relief and rescue operations continued in full swing on Thursday in the landslide-hit Darjeeling hills of West Bengal as central and state ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
2
Uttarakhand Flood Scam: Officials Binged on Mutton Chops …
In fact, some officials even claimed to have started relief work in January 2013, ... RTI query about the details of funds spent on relief work following the tragedy. «International Business Times, India Edition, May 15»
3
Nepal intensifies relief work as toll tops 7550
“Everybody is trying to return to their normal lives and all our government machinery is working to make sure that all relief is provided for as long as people want ... «Gulf Times, May 15»
4
Mamata leaves for Indo-Nepal border to oversee relief work
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday left for the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district to oversee relief measures being taken in the wake ... «The Indian Express, May 15»
5
Nepal's Leftists leaders suspicious of India's relief work
Opposition Left parties in quake-hit Nepal have termed the distribution of relief materials by foreign nations, including India, as a "threat" to its national security ... «Deccan Herald, May 15»
6
Indian government reviews relief work in Nepal
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth on Saturday reviewed the status of rescue and relief ... «Business Standard, May 15»
7
How to help Nepal: 7 vetted charities doing relief work following the …
Charity Navigator is one of the leading resources for evaluating the work of nonprofits, ... Once initial relief work is complete, this fund will transition to support ... «WLRN, Apr 15»
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Nitish reviews quake relief work in border areas
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reviewed quake relief operations in border areas of the state even as schools and colleges reopened in the ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
9
Bad weather delays Nepal relief effort
“The logistical problems are enormous and sadly, relief is being delayed,” Fr Pius ... Even Nepal's prime minister said that the relief work had been hampered ... «Catholic Herald Online, Apr 15»
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India Steps Up Relief Work in Nepal. Land Routes Operational as …
New Delhi: As the number of deaths in Saturday's earthquake climb to 72 in India, India's relief efforts in Nepal, where over 4,000 people have died, have been ... «NDTV, Apr 15»

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