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Definition: Meaning of, relief in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rɪˈliːf /

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  1. comfort [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened [↪  relieve]
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  2. reduction of pain [uncountable] when something reduces someone's pain or unhappy feelings
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  3. help [uncountable] money, food, clothes etc given to people who are poor or hungry
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  4. replacement [uncountable] a person or group of people that replaces another one and does their work after they have finished
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  5. decoration [uncountable and countable] a way of decorating wood, stone etc with a shape or figure that is raised above the surface, or the decoration itself [↪  bas relief]
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  6. bring/throw something into relief also stand out in relief to make something very noticeable, or to be very noticeable
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  7. light/comic relief a funny moment during a serious film, book, or situation
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  8. money [uncountable] old-fashioned especially American English money given by the government to help people who are poor, old, unemployed etc [=  welfare]
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  9. war [uncountable] formal the act of freeing a town when it has been surrounded by an enemy
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  10. map in relief if you show a part of the Earth's surface in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it
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relief used in phrases

  • Comic Relief
    1. a British CHARITY organization which was started by professional COMEDIAN s . Once a year they have a special day when they collect money for people who need help in the UK and other countries.
  • bas relief (noun)
    1. a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
  • bas-relief (noun)
    1. a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface [↪  high relief]
  • comic relief (noun)
    1. the inclusion of a humorous content in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension
  • debt relief (noun)
    1. an arrangement in which very poor countries do not have to pay back all the money that has been lent to them by richer countries
  • half-relief (noun)
    1. a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
  • high relief (noun)
    1. a form of art in which figures cut in stone or wood stand out from the surface
    2. throw something into high relief to make something very clear and easy to notice
  • low relief (noun)
    1. a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
  • relief map (noun)
    1. a map that shows the different heights of mountains, valleys etc by printing them in a different colour or by raising some parts
  • relief pitcher (noun)
    1. a pitcher who does not start the game
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