Définition de ease en anglais

ease

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ease verb (MAKE LESS)

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[ I or T ]

to make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc.:

ease a problem To ease the problem of overcrowding, new prisons will be built.

ease pain These pills should ease the pain.

After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.

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New measures have been introduced to ease traffic congestion in the city.
After the Second World War lots of prefabs were put up to ease the housing crisis.
A decisive win would certainly help to ease the pressure on the team's captain.
This latest incident will do nothing to ease tensions between the two countries.
The new laws are intended to ease the burden of social welfare costs.

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Making things better

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Becoming and making less strong

ease verb (MOVE)

[ T + adv/prep ]

to move or to make something move slowly and carefully in a particular direction or into a particular position:

ease something into something She eased the key into the lock, anxious not to wake anyone.

I eased myself out of the chair.

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Slow and moving slowly

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Locution

ease someone's mind

Verbes à particule

ease up/off

ease someone out

ease

noun [ U ]

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ease noun [U] (NO DIFFICULTY)

the quality of needing little effort or not being difficult:

with ease She won the 400 metre race with ease.

for ease of The doors are extra-wide for ease of access (= so that people can get in without difficulty).

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She performed the task with her accustomed ease.
After three months of training she was running ten miles with ease.
They reached their targets with ease.
Having tried the device I can vouch for its ease of use.
Ease of access to credit cards has changed the way we shop.
The screen is backlit for ease of reading.

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Easiness and simplicity

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ease noun [U] (COMFORT)

the state of being comfortable or relaxed, or free from worry or pain:

They live lives of great comfort and ease.

He came into the room and sat down with his usual good-natured ease.

at (your) ease

relaxed:

He felt completely at ease.

at ease

(of a soldier) standing with feet apart and hands behind the back:

The soldiers come to attention when an officer enters the room and stand at ease when the officer allows it.

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She has a carefree attitude, a sense of ease.
His life of ease had not prepared him to deal with such hardships.
The balm seemed to give her ease.

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Calm and relaxed

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(Définition de ease depuis le Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

«ease» en anglais américain

ease

verb [ I/T ]

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ease verb [I/T] (LESSEN)

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to make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, or painful:

[ T ] These pills should ease the pain.

ease verb [I/T] (MOVE)

to move something slowly and carefully in a particular direction or into a particular position:

[ I ] I eased through the crowd to the stage.

Verbes à particule

ease up

ease

noun [ U ]

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ease noun [U] (EASY EFFORT)

freedom from difficulty, effort, or pain:

She won the match with ease (= without difficulty).

He felt completely at ease (= relaxed and comfortable) with them.

at ease

Soldiers who are at ease stand in a slightly relaxed position with their feet apart and their hands behind their back.

(Définition de ease depuis le Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

ease dans le dictionnaire Anglais des Affaires

ease

verb

/iːz/ us

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[ I or T ]

to make something less severe, difficult, etc. or to become less severe, difficult, etc.:

ease the burden/pressure/problem He made proposals to ease the tax burden on lower earners.

The rise in interest rates may prompt the government to ease fiscal policy again.

the tension/pressure/crisis eases

[ I ] FINANCE

to become lower in value:

a rate/price eases Interbank interest rates in the domestic money market eased in the week to Nov. 15.

the dollar/market eases

[ I or T ]

to move gradually to a different level, or to make something do this:

ease back/down/upwards Freight rates eased upwards.

ease

noun [ U ]

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the fact that something does not involve difficulty or effort:

We rated the products for ease of use, quality, and price.

Actuarial analysts can figure pension fund liabilities with ease.

(Définition de ease depuis le Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Exemples de ease

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To placate his enemies, restrictions on the freedom of the press were first eased and then abolished.

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As with the ordinary differential equation analogue, a series solution can be found for the problem and this eases the analysis in some cases.

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Evening field sketches eased chalk marking of the carved lines so that photographic documentation could also be accomplished with natural light.

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The lack of a decisive cadence at the end of the accompagnato eases the way for the duet to slide back into accompanied recitative.

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Short-term capital movements, however, continue to be subject to certain restrictions, although some of these have been recently eased.

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Nevertheless, improving economic conditions from the mid-1940s eased the problem.

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The accelerated learning past the first verb suggests that want was a pathbreaking verb, easing the spread of the verb-object combination to other verbs.

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We can define a minimal process algebra without sequential composition, and this eases the formulation of concepts such as structural induction, linearity, elimination and guardedness.

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Due to the axial escape of fuel, a partial hole-closure is eased, this resulting in spark trapping.

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Partnership eased the burden of care for parents and improved communication with agencies.

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We note as well that in absolute terms double imitation led to only modest improvement ; it eased but did not erase children's limitations.

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A corollary is that restrictions may justifiably be eased as expertise develops.

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We note the potential usefulness of such an organization in many areas, including aiding smoothing, easing grammar development, interfacing the extracted grammar to other components.

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Privation was eased by the sense of escaping from the ghetto.

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Thus, the maturation process for a technology clarifies indications, improves outcomes, and eases use.

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Collocations avec ease

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apparent ease

With the addition of wental water, the verdani are capable of producing treeships, vast trees capable of interstellar flight, and able to destroy hydrogue warglobes with apparent ease.

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comparative ease

She passed her audition with comparative ease.

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ease of access

Several methods were used to determine current service provision, numbers of individuals requiring the service, and ease of access.

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