1. to facilitate
The European Union's responsibility is to facilitate its course on this path.
This Cuba policy would facilitate beneficial cooperation with Cuba on global health issues. / Do you think President Assad is prepared to step aside to facilitate peace?
Anglais mot "облегчить"(to facilitate) se produit dans des ensembles:
Business and Everyday English2. relieve
Do you have anything to relieve a headache?
The bank rate cut is expected to relieve the severe financial squeeze that has hit industry.
If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.
No words can relieve her deep sorrow.
I was relieved (to hear/that...)
When you're about to have exams, lifting weights really does relieve stress, and it's also good for your mind and body.
Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.
relieved (adj) relief (n)
If I could relieve the experience, I would try to change the way I reacted.
I feel relieved.
She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain. The guard is relieved at 6 p.m. by the night watchman.
The new medication relieved him to some degree, but he still felt a lot of pain.
breathing exercises can help to relieve stress
it helps to relieve staff from recurring routine tasks
I was relieved that she phoned to say where she was.
3. alleviate
"The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain."
Her sympathy alleviated his distress... measures to alleviate poverty
to alleviate the problem
This practice alleviates many of the technical blockages.
He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
I can help alleviate some of what you're going through
alleviate pain = relieve pain
You and others can almost always do something to alleviate the situation.
nothing he said could soothe her or alleviate the anxiety she was feeling
Kill me and alleviate my suffering.
stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate traffic jams
we tend to beat ourselves up, momentarily feel that unbearable shame, then avoid or distract to alleviate the discomfort.
Antihistamine tablets will help to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever, but some sufferers become drowsy because of them.
To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
They will alleviate the pain and allow her to rest.