relief

relief
rə'li:f
noun
1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) lindring; lettelse; befrielse
2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; (also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) nødhjelp
3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; (also adjective) a relief driver.) avløsning, avlastning
4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) befrielse
5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relieffarbeid
•
- relieved
hjelp
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lindring
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servitutt
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unnsetning
I
subst. \/rɪˈliːf\/
1) lettelse, befrielse, lindring
• it is a relief to know they are safe
det er en lettelse å vite at de er i god behold
• pain relief is important to a doctor
det å lindre smerte er viktig for en lege
2) bistand, stønad, sosialhjelp (amer.)
3) unnsetning, befrielse (av en beleiret by e.l.)
4) avlastning, vaktskifte, avløsning(smannskap)
5) (historisk) lensavgift, betaling fra vasall til godseier
6) (golf) fritak
afford\/bring\/give relief lindre, gi lindring
angle of relief (mekanikk) frivinkel, klaringsvinkel, ryggvinkel
be on relief (amer.) motta sosialhjelp, gå på sosialen (hverdagslig)
by way of (light) relief som avveksling, som underholdning
tax relief skattelettelse, skattefradrag
II
subst. \/rɪˈliːf\/
(kunst, typografi eller overført) relieff
bring\/throw something into relief sette noe i relieff, skape en kontrast til noe
high relief hautrelieff
low relief basrelieff
stand out in strong\/sharp\/bold relief against something stå skarpt avtegnet mot noe, danne en skarp kontrast til noe
III
adj. \/rɪˈliːf\/
avløser-, ekstra-, avlastnings-
• run a relief train
sette inn et ekstratog

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