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ease
noun[ U ]
us/iz/

easenoun[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.

ease | Business English

ease
verb
uk /iːz/us
[ I or T ]
to make something less severe, difficult, etc. or to become less severe, difficult, etc.:
ease the burden/pressure/problemHe 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 easesInterbank 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/upwardsFreight rates eased upwards.
ease
noun[ U ]
uk /iːz/us
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.

Examples of ease

ease
To placate his enemies, restrictions on the freedom of the press were first eased and then abolished.
As with the ordinary differential equation analogue, a series solution can be found for the problem and this eases the analysis in some cases.
Evening field sketches eased chalk marking of the carved lines so that photographic documentation could also be accomplished with natural light.
The lack of a decisive cadence at the end of the accompagnato eases the way for the duet to slide back into accompanied recitative.
Short-term capital movements, however, continue to be subject to certain restrictions, although some of these have been recently eased.
Nevertheless, improving economic conditions from the mid-1940s eased the problem.
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.
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.
Due to the axial escape of fuel, a partial hole-closure is eased, this resulting in spark trapping.
Partnership eased the burden of care for parents and improved communication with agencies.
We note as well that in absolute terms double imitation led to only modest improvement ; it eased but did not erase children's limitations.
A corollary is that restrictions may justifiably be eased as expertise develops.
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.
Privation was eased by the sense of escaping from the ghetto.
Thus, the maturation process for a technology clarifies indications, improves outcomes, and eases use.
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Collocations withease

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These are words often used in combination with 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 apparentease.
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