alleviate the problem
/əˈliːvieɪt ðə ˈprɒbləm/
Meaning
To make a difficult situation, issue, or bottleneck less severe, painful, or troublesome. It does not necessarily mean solving the problem completely, but rather reducing its intensity or negative impact to a manageable level.
Examples
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Hiring temporary staff during the peak season helped alleviate the problem of overworked employees.
Hiring temporary staff during the peak season helped alleviate the problem of overworked employees.
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The IT department implemented a temporary patch to alleviate the problem of slow server speeds.
The IT department implemented a temporary patch to alleviate the problem of slow server speeds.
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While the new strategy won't solve everything, it will certainly alleviate the problem of low customer retention.
While the new strategy won't solve everything, it will certainly alleviate the problem of low customer retention.
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We need to identify long-term solutions rather than just trying to temporarily alleviate the problem.
We need to identify long-term solutions rather than just trying to temporarily alleviate the problem.
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Investing in automated software helped alleviate the problem of manual data entry errors.
Investing in automated software helped alleviate the problem of manual data entry errors.
Common Mistakes
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✗ We need to alleviate the solution as soon as possible.
✓ We need to alleviate the problem as soon as possible.
You alleviate negative things like problems, pain, or issues, not solutions.
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✗ The new software alleviated from the workload issue.
✓ The new software alleviated the workload issue.
'Alleviate' is a transitive verb; it acts directly on the object without the preposition 'from'.
Related Expressions
Practice
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The manager hoped that redistributing the tasks would ___ of burnout among the team.
💡 make the issue less severe
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alleviate the problem
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Adding more servers is a quick fix to ___ of slow website loading times.
💡 reduce the severity of the issue
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alleviate the problem