verb · academic
alleviate
/əˈliːvieɪt/al·LE·vi·ate
Band 6-7task2speaking
to make a problem, pain, or difficulty less severe
Examples
“Policies were introduced to alleviate the housing shortage.”
“Medication can alleviate the symptoms but not cure the disease.”
“Community projects aim to alleviate poverty in rural areas.”
Band 8 sentence
“Targeted welfare initiatives can alleviate some of the structural disadvantages faced by low-income families.”
Collocations
- alleviate poverty
- alleviate the problem
- help alleviate
Word family
alleviation nounalleviated adj
Common mistakes
use 'reduce' in all contexts→alleviate when meaning 'làm giảm nặng nề'
Say it for a higher band
5reduce→6lessen→7+alleviate
Synonyms
reduce
Easily confused
alleviate vs. reduce
“Effective policies can alleviate social problems even if they do not reduce absolute numbers.”
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