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- [eez uhp]
- /iz ʌp/
- /iːz ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eez uhp]
- /iz ʌp/
Definitions of ease up words
- noun ease up freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease. 1
- noun ease up freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health. 1
- noun ease up freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease. 1
- noun ease up freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income. 1
- noun ease up freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry. 1
- verb with object ease up to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind. 1
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Origin of ease up
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 up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ease up 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 up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ease up
verb ease up
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
Antonyms for ease up
verb ease up
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
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