Betekenis van relief In het Nederlands

• 0 a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended:

  • [ + to infinitive ] It was such a relief to hear that Marta was found safe and well.

  • After the exam, I felt an incredible sense of relief.

  • "James can't come tonight." "Well, that's a relief!"

  • to seek/find/provide relief from the heat/cold/pain/noise

• 1 food, money, or services that provide help for people in need:

  • an international relief operation

  • relief agencies/supplies

  • Musicians have raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Africa.

• 2 a method of raising shapes above a flat surface so that they appear to stand out slightly from it:

  • Coins have pictures on them in relief.

  • stone reliefs

• 3 a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended:

  • She breathed a sigh of relief when she finished her exams.

  • Aspirin may give you some relief.

• 4 food, money, or services for people in need:

  • disaster relief

• 5 the building up of parts of a surface to form a picture or design that can be seen above the background, or a work of art made by this method:

  • [ C ] the reliefs of the Parthenon

• 6 financial help that is given to people, companies, or countries that cannot pay their taxes or debts:

  • All of the more than 3 million people who file income taxes in Virginia will be eligible for the $100 relief when they file their returns for the last fiscal year.

  • Congress must reach consensus quickly on the issue of economic relief for the airline industry.

  • Satellite-television subscribers should get relief from some of the taxes on their monthly bills under new legislation.

  • give/offer/provide relief (to sb) Tax-cut proposals could offer relief to homeowners

  • get/obtain relief (from sth) Because of the Fed's move to cut interest rates, people whose mortgages are adjusting may get some relief.

  • relief packages/measures

• 7 financial help that the government gives to people who are poor, unemployed, etc.:

  • grant/give/provide relief (to sb) Lawmakers are being lobbied by pressure groups, urging them to grant additional relief to seniors.

• 8 money, food, and clothing that is sent to people who are in a difficult situation because of a war, flood, very bad storm, etc.:

  • How can we be sure that relief will help those who are most in need?

  • In the last five days we have undertaken a massive relief effort to bring water, medicine, and food to the refugees.

  • disaster/emergency/flood relief

  • a relief agency/organization/worker