relieved

«relieved» in Mova's school dictionary: feeling happy and calm because something bad did not… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (relieved, more relieved); verb form (past of relieve)

meaning for a pupil

1) Relieved means feeling happy and calm because something bad did not happen or a worry is over. tree →

2) Relieved is the past form of relieve: to make pain or a problem less, or to take over someone's job so they can rest. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «relieved» shows the end of tension: the lost dog is found, the test went well. Feelings vocabulary in well-being lessons. Health: medicine relieved the pain. Phrases: relieved to hear, relieved that, breathe a sigh of relief, feel relieved.

examples

• I was relieved when my cat came home. tree →
• She was relieved to hear she had passed. tree →
• We were relieved that nobody was hurt. tree →
• The medicine relieved his headache. tree →
• The guard was relieved by another soldier at midnight. tree →
• Mum looked relieved when the plane landed. tree →
• You may be sure they were very relieved to find Peter. tree →

note

Spelling: i before e — re-lie-ved. Noun: relief. «Relieved» is a feeling word, like happy or worried, but it means the end of a worry.

In the corpora

• The King, relieved, asks the Queen to question the next witness, as it makes his forehead ache.
• "Relieved of his duties" means fired, in official language.
• People sometimes cry when they are very happy, proud or relieved.
• Ollie was embarrassed but relieved.
• Mia was scared, then relieved — and it was not her fault at all.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «relieved» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.