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ease
What does ease mean?
ease (verb): lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce ease?
/iz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ease come from?
From Middle English ese, eise, aise, from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise, aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of ease?
Words related to ease
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “ease”?
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What does “ease” mean?
expose to a chance of loss or damage
Not quite: that's what risk means.
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
Right! That's what “ease” means.
to agree; to be equal; to correspond
Not quite: that's what match means.
put an end to a state or an activity
Not quite: that's what quit means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “ease”?
believe
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provide
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include
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comfort
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