ease

/i:z/

Thân thiện

He felt a sense of ease while relaxing in the hammock.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: The state of being achieved or done without great effort.
   • Freedom from worry, discomfort, or constraint: A state of being comfortable, relaxed, and free from anxiety or pain.
   • Freedom from financial difficulty: A state of affluence or comfort in life.

2. Verb:

   • To make less severe or intense: To reduce the intensity of something, such as pain, fear, or tension.
   • To make something easier or less difficult: To facilitate a process or task.
   • To move carefully or gradually: To move something or oneself slowly and gently into a position.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • She solved the complex math problem with surprising ease.
  • After retiring, he lived a life of ease in the countryside.
  • The medication brought some ease to his suffering.

• Verb:

  • The doctor gave her medicine to ease the pain.
  • The new software is designed to ease the data entry process.
  • He eased the car into the narrow parking space.

Advanced Usage

• "at ease": In a relaxed, comfortable, or unembarrassed state.

  • I never feel at ease during public speeches.
  • (Military command) "At ease!" (A command allowing soldiers to stand in a relaxed posture.)

• "with ease": Without difficulty; easily.

  • The talented pianist played the sonata with ease.

• "to ease off/up": To reduce in intensity, speed, or pressure; to become less severe.

  • The rain should ease off by the evening.
  • He was working too hard, so his doctor told him to ease up.

Variants and Related Words

• Easy (adj): Achieved without great effort; not difficult. ()
• Easily (adv): Without difficulty or effort. ()
• Unease (n): A feeling of anxiety or discomfort. ()

Synonyms

• Noun: Comfort, relaxation, facility, effortlessness, leisure.
• Verb: Alleviate, relieve, soothe, facilitate, lessen, mitigate.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Ease into: To start doing something gradually or carefully.

  • She's easing into her new role as manager.

• Ease out: To remove or displace someone or something gradually and gently.

  • The old policy was eased out over several months.

Related Idioms

• Ill at ease: Feeling anxious or uncomfortable.

  • He felt ill at ease in the formal setting.

• Ease someone's mind: To stop someone from worrying.

  • Calling home would ease her mind about her family's safety.

Học thuật

Noun

1. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
   • took his repose by the swimming pool
2. freedom from constraint or embarrassment
   • I am never at ease with strangers
3. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
   • he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
   • getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
4. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
   • a life of luxury and ease
   • he had all the material comforts of this world
5. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
   • he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
   • they put it into containers for ease of transportation
   • the very easiness of the deed held her back

Verb

1. lessen the intensity of or calm
   • The news eased my conscience
   • still the fears
2. make easier
   • you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
3. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
   • ease the pain in your legs
4. move gently or carefully
   • He eased himself into the chair

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rest
• repose
• relaxation
• informality
• relief
• comfort
• easiness
• simplicity
• simpleness
• still
• allay
• relieve
• facilitate
• alleviate