verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alleviate hardship formal (= make it less severe )
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The program aims to alleviate hardship among the poorest sections of society.
alleviate/relieve poverty formal (= make it less severe )
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What has the West done to alleviate poverty in the world?
relieve/alleviate symptoms formal (= make them less severe )
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Take aspirin to relieve the symptoms, and keep warm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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measure
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The new package did contain some measures to alleviate the economic cost of adjustment for the poor.
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However, the lenders duly offered stop-gap measures designed to alleviate the repossession problem for 1992.
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Councillors are set to consider a number of radical measures to alleviate problems with buses using the town centre.
poverty
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What has the West done to alleviate poverty in the world, apart from its leaders making pious speeches?
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Money is being transferred from social programmes designed to alleviate poverty to penal programmes designed to control the poor.
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Critics claimed that economic success had done little to alleviate fundamental problems of poverty and the grossly unequal distribution of income.
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May we play our small part in helping to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the world.
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Yet the latest wheeze among policymakers in developed countries is to alleviate poverty in developing countries with computers and mobile phones.
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Although opposition to state action to alleviate poverty remained strong to the end of the century, countervailing pressures were growing.
problem
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The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution.
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By being aware of the impact of these stresses, parents can often prevent or alleviate potential problems and anxiety. 9.
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But some tablets were kindly provided and they did alleviate the problem .
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Kvitne believes a program to strengthen the trunk and improve flexibility will alleviate any problems .
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Promotion of the role of the Commissioner, emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem .
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Activated charcoal, spread on a pan like baking soda, also alleviates an odor problem .
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Originally, a football team was organised to help alleviate the drug problem by using sports as a cure.
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The intercorporate dividend exclusion was designed to alleviate just this problem .
situation
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The tank is slightly overcrowded but regular maintenance of the aquarium does alleviate this situation .
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Dare one hope that the Murrey Report will have alleviated the situation by the time these words are read?
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You and others can almost always do something to alleviate the situation .
suffering
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In the old, inherited sense fundamentalism is a good thing because it alleviates pain and suffering .
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May we play our small part in helping to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the world.
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She is the chairman of the Animal Defenders Youth Group, whose aim is to expose and alleviate animal suffering .
symptom
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Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
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They can, however, be of real benefit in alleviating symptoms and side-effects.
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A cold wet cloth placed on her cheeks will help alleviate the symptoms .
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To alleviate the symptoms , about one in five diabetics in rich countries injects himself regularly with insulin.
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This may be enough to alleviate the symptoms .
way
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The best way to alleviate stress is to remove the stressor.
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Funding for public works, including community-based arts projects, went some way towards alleviating mass unemployment.
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design
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The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution.
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The intercorporate dividend exclusion was designed to alleviate just this problem.
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Money is being transferred from social programmes designed to alleviate poverty to penal programmes designed to control the poor.
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The moves are designed to alleviate Lonrho's estimated £1 billion debts.
help
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Promotion of the role of the Commissioner, emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem.
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Clinton also asked Glickman to report back within 30 days with recommendations to help alleviate debt problems afflicting cattle producers.
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Trade union involvement can of course help to alleviate some of the difficulties suggested above.
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A To help alleviate the personal security fears of lone lady drivers, and allow drivers to make business calls whilst enroute.
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Originally, a football team was organised to help alleviate the drug problem by using sports as a cure.
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Now new synthetic polymers and composites may help to alleviate these vexing problems.
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Tax increases were introduced on a wide range of goods and services to help alleviate the projected budget deficit.
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For example, one can fulfill the role of being a food server, and thereby help to alleviate hunger.
try
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So the piece was solicitous in trying to alleviate the shocks by explaining that the novelist himself was shocked.
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To try to alleviate that, the United Kibbutz Movement began negotiating with the major banks to reduce the debt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Heavy rains in March alleviated the drought conditions.
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Western aid has helped to alleviate the situation in northern India.
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You can't cure a common cold, but you can alleviate the symptoms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
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Clinton also asked Glickman to report back within 30 days with recommendations to help alleviate debt problems afflicting cattle producers.
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It works immediately to alleviate cracking and smooth away dryness and scaling.
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Kino was a great humanitarian who sought to alleviate hunger wherever he went.
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Many conditions associated with old age can be treated and alleviated, if not cured.
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Warming up will alleviate the tension and ground your thoughts.