EASE


Meaning of EASE in English

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( eases, easing, eased)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you do something with ease , you do it easily, without difficulty or effort.

...the ease with which young people could find work.

≠ difficulty

PHRASE : PHR after V

2.

If you talk about the ease of a particular activity, you are referring to the way that it has been made easier to do, or to the fact that it is already easy to do.

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N-UNCOUNT : N of n

3.

Ease is the state of being very comfortable and able to live as you want, without any worries or problems.

She lived a life of ease.

= comfort

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity.

Tensions had eased...

I gave him some brandy to ease the pain.

...editorials calling for the easing of sanctions.

VERB : V , V n , V-ing

5.

If you ease your way somewhere or ease somewhere, you move there slowly, carefully, and gently. If you ease something somewhere, you move it there slowly, carefully, and gently.

I eased my way towards the door...

She eased back into the chair and nodded...

He eased his foot off the accelerator...

Leaphorn eased himself silently upward...

I eased open the door.

VERB : V way prep / adv , V prep / adv , V n prep / adv , V pron-refl adv / prep , V n with adj

6.

If you are at ease , you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease , you make them feel at ease.

It is essential to feel at ease with your therapist...

Both men were unwelcoming, making little attempt to put Kathryn or her companions at their ease.

PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v

7.

If you are ill at ease , you feel rather uncomfortable, anxious, or worried.

He appeared embarrassed and ill at ease with the sustained applause that greeted him.

PHRASE : usu v-link PHR , PHR after v , oft PHR with n

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