Word Frequency
ease (iːz
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Definitions
noun
- freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
- lack of difficulty, labour, or awkwardness; facility
- rest, leisure, or relaxation
- freedom from poverty or financial embarrassment; affluence ⇒
a life of ease
- lack of restraint, embarrassment, or stiffness ⇒
his ease of manner disarmed us
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See at ease
verb
- to make or become less burdensome
- tr to relieve (a person) of worry or care; comfort
- tr to make comfortable or give rest to
- tr to make less difficult; facilitate
- to move or cause to move into, out of, etc, with careful manipulation ⇒
to ease a car into a narrow space
- when intr, often foll by off or up to lessen or cause to lessen in severity, pressure, tension, or strain; slacken, loosen, or abate
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See ease oneself
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See ease the helm
Derived Forms
ˈeaser nounWord Origin
C13: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin adjacēns neighbouring (area); see adjacentSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = peace of mind, peace, content, quiet, comfort, happiness, enjoyment, serenity, tranquillity, contentment, calmness, quietude,
= naturalness, informality, freedom, liberty, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness, relaxedness,
= relieve, calm, moderate, soothe, lessen, alleviate, appease, lighten, lower, allay, relax, still, mitigate, assuage, pacify, mollify, tranquillize, palliate,
Translations for 'ease'
- British English: ease If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity. VERBTensions had eased.
- Brazilian Portuguese: diminuir
- Chinese: 减缓减減缓緩
- European Spanish: calmarse
- French: diminuer
- German: nachlassen
- Italian: attenuare
- Japanese: 和らげる/和らぐ
- Korean: 완화되다
- Portuguese: diminuir
- Spanish: calmarse
Example Sentences Including 'ease'
He blames this on the ease with which cell lines can be contaminated.New Scientist (2003)
It's all about how you can use New Age thinking to ease away the stresses of modern living.GOING OUT (2002)
Racism claim won't wash Devolution puts Scots at ease with neighboursGlasgow Herald (2001)
The ease of the Kilkenny goals, both in the first half, should worry Limerick.Irish Times (2002)
The soldiers looked down on them, still with their rifles but at ease.BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
They are usually warm-hearted, friendly and able to put people at ease.MOON ASTROLOGY FOR LOVERS (2002)
Thomson is as at ease discussing early history as he is chronicling the adventures of Francis Albert Sinatra.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Three hours in the saddle had done much to ease the tension.TREASON KEEP (2001)
What disturbs me most is the ease with which sectarian hatreds are passed from one generation to the next.Irish Times (2002)
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