verb · academic
relax
/rɪˈlæks/re·LAX
Band 5-6task2speaking
to make less strict; to reduce constraints; (also) to become less tense
Examples
“The government relaxed visa requirements to encourage tourism.”
“In response to the recession, regulators relaxed certain lending rules temporarily.”
“It is important to relax the assumption that all participants behave rationally.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policymakers decided to relax certain capital requirements to stimulate lending without undermining financial stability.”
Collocations
- relax regulations/rules
- relax restrictions
- relax the assumption
Word family
relax verbrelaxed adjective / past participlerelaxing adjective / gerundrelaxation noun
Common mistakes
release regulations→relax regulations
relax (dùng mà không chia dạng phù hợp)→relaxed / relaxation
Say it for a higher band
5rest→6ease→7+relax
Synonyms
ease
loosen
Easily confused
release
“The company released its annual report last week.”
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