Definición de relieve

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

relieve

(rɪliːv )

Formas de la palabra:3rd person singular present tense relieves , present participle relieving , past tense, past participle relieved

1. verbo

If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely.

Meditation can relieve stress. [VERB noun]

This should relieve the pressure on you to keep her entertained. [VERB noun]

2. verbo

If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you.

A bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasing unpaid invoices. [VERB noun + of]

3. verbo

If someone relieves you of something, they take it away from you.

[formal]

A porter relieved her of the three large cases. [VERB noun + of]

4. verbo

If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing.

At seven o'clock the night nurse came in to relieve her. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:take over from, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of Más sinónimos de relieve

5. verbo [usually passive]

If someone is relieved of their duties or is relieved of their post, they are told that they are no longer required to continue in their job.

[formal]

The officer involved was relieved of his duties because he had violated strict guidelines. [be VERB-ed + of]

The party leader has been relieved of his post. [be V-ed of n]

6. verbo

If an army relieves a town or another place which has been surrounded by enemy forces, it frees it.

The offensive began several days ago as an attempt to relieve the town. [VERB noun]

7. verbo

If people or animals relieve themselves, they urinate or defecate.

[old-fashioned]

It is not difficult to train your dog to relieve itself on command. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]

Más sinónimos de relieve

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

relieve in American

(rɪˈliv ; rilēvˈ)

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:reˈlieved or reˈlieving

to ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)

to free (a person) from pain, discomfort, anxiety, etc.

to restore (a part of the body, the mind, etc.) to well-being

to lighten the pressure, stress, weight, etc. on (something)

to lighten (pressure, stress, etc.)

to give aid or assistance to

to relieve the poor

to bring or send help to

to relieve a besieged city

to set free from a burden, obligation, grievance, etc.

to remove (a burden, etc.)

to set free from duty or work by replacing with oneself or another

to relieve a nurse

b. US, Baseball

to serve as a relief pitcher for (another pitcher)

to make less tedious, monotonous, etc. by being or providing a pleasing change

to set off by contrast; make distinct or prominent

verbo intransitivo US

8. Baseball

to serve as a relief pitcher

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈcomfort

Modismos:

relieve oneself

SYNONYMY NOTE: relieve implies the reduction of misery, discomfort, or tediousness sufficiently to make it bearable [they played a game to relieve the monotony of the trip]; alleviate implies temporary relief, suggesting that the source of the misery remains unaffected [drugs to alleviate the pain]; lighten1 implies a cheering or gladdening as by reducing the weight of oppression or depression [nothing can lighten the burden of our grief]; assuage suggests a softening or pacifying influence in lessening pain, calming passion, etc. [her kind words assuaged his resentment]; mitigate implies a moderating or making milder of that which is likely to cause pain [to mitigate a punishment]; allay suggests an effective, although temporary or incomplete, calming or quieting [we've allayed their suspicions]

Formas derivadas

relievable (reˈlievable)

adjetivo

reliever (reˈliever)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra relieve

ME releven < OFr relever < L relevare, to lift up again < re-, again + levare, to raise: see lever

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

relieve in British

(rɪˈliːv )

verbo (transitive)

to bring alleviation of (pain, distress, etc) to (someone)

to bring aid or assistance to (someone in need, a disaster area, etc)

to take over the duties or watch of (someone)

to bring aid or a relieving force to (a besieged town, city, etc)

to free (someone) from an obligation

to make (something) less unpleasant, arduous, or monotonous

to bring into relief or prominence, as by contrast

8. (foll by of) informal

to take from

the thief relieved him of his watch

9. relieve oneself

Formas derivadas

relievable (reˈlievable)

adjetivo

Origen de la palabra relieve

C14: from Old French relever, from Latin relevāre to lift up, relieve, from re- + levāre to lighten

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No doubt they'll be riding to relieve him with all the men they can scrape together. Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2002)Vast and powerfully armoured divisions, miraculously supplied, would appear and drive up from the south to relieve the stricken army. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)

It is simple enough; it may relieve much suffering from the dust cough. Ursula K. Le Guin THE DISPOSSESSED (2002)