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ease out

ease out
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [eez out]
    • /iz aʊt/
    • /iːz ˈaʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eez out]
    • /iz aʊt/

Definitions of ease out words

  • noun ease out freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease. 1
  • noun ease out freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health. 1
  • noun ease out freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease. 1
  • noun ease out freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income. 1
  • noun ease out freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry. 1
  • verb with object ease out to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind. 1

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Origin of ease out

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English ese, eise < Anglo-French ese, Old French aise, eise comfort, convenience < Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), accusative of *adjacēs vicinity (compare Medieval Latin in aiace in (the) vicinity), the regular outcome of Latin adjacēns adjacent, taken in VL as a noun of the type nūbēs, accusative nūbem cloud; (v.) Middle English esen < Anglo-French e(i)ser, Old French aisier, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Ease out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ease out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

ease out usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ease out

verb ease out

  • pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
  • depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.

Antonyms for ease out

verb ease out

  • remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
  • wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
  • come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
  • stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.

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