Ease
Definitions
- Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
- Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
- Relief, an end to discomfort
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- A convenience; a luxury.
- A relief; an easement.
Equivalents
30 more languages
Azərbaycan diliasanlıq
Suomihelpottaahelppoushivuttaahöllätäkeventääkulkeakykylepolieventyälievittäälöysätälöysentäämukavuusrauhallisuussujahtaasyötöstaito
Gàidhligsocair
Galegofacilidade
Magyarcsillapítcsillapodikcsúsztatenyhüljólétkönnyebbségkönnyítlazítlázításmegkönnyebbülésmegkönnyítnyugalomügyesség
Bahasa Indonesiakemudahan
Kurdîpace
Кыргызчажеңилдик
Latviešuvieglums
Русскийбеззаботностьдосуглёгкостьнепринужденностьоблегчатьоблегчениеосвобождатьослаблятьотдыхотпуска́тьпраздностьсмягчатьуменьшатьуспокаивать
Shqiplehtësi
Svenskalätthet
Українськалегкість
Examples
“He played the ukelele with ease.”
“The ease of lifting the weight, despite lack of skill, came from her pure strength.”
“Her young boy lifted a weight with ease too, as that one wasn't too heavy”
“The ease with which she passed all the exams surprised her.”
“She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work⟳.”
“The pension set⟳ her mind⟳ at ease.”
“There is ease in the soul of Slid and there be calms upon the sea; also, there be storms upon the sea and troubles in the soul of Slid, for the gods have⟳ many moods.”
“We took our ease on the patio.”
“His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.”
“She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.”
“Take⟳ one pill every 12 hours to provide⟳ ease from pain.”
“At ease, soldier!”
“Add⟳ some ease to the waist measurement.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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