Wondering how to use Palliate in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as amend or improve.
Palliate in a sentence
Palliate meaning
- To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- To hide or disguise.
- To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
Synonyms of Palliate
Using Palliate
- The main meaning on this page is: To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. | To hide or disguise. | To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
- Useful related words include: extenuate, amend, improve, better.
- In the example corpus, palliate often appears in combinations such as: to palliate.
Context around Palliate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Palliate
- In this selection, "palliate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hopefully and hunger stand out and add context to how "palliate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include do is palliate a natural and enough to palliate hunger for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "palliate" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with palliate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The palliatives are not enough to palliate hunger for a day. (11 words)
We are evenly plagued by the same problems, of which good governance can palliate or fix. (16 words)
He buys a postcard at the drug store, scribbles it with some mollifying words of love that will hopefully palliate his absence from Jeannie, and drops it off at the post office. (32 words)
It stated that we should make every possible effort to prevent climate change, especially in the unlikely case that it was not caused by man, because that would mean that all we can do is palliate a natural phenomenon. (39 words)
He buys a postcard at the drug store, scribbles it with some mollifying words of love that will hopefully palliate his absence from Jeannie, and drops it off at the post office. (32 words)
We are evenly plagued by the same problems, of which good governance can palliate or fix. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
We are evenly plagued by the same problems, of which good governance can palliate or fix.
The palliatives are not enough to palliate hunger for a day.
He buys a postcard at the drug store, scribbles it with some mollifying words of love that will hopefully palliate his absence from Jeannie, and drops it off at the post office.
It stated that we should make every possible effort to prevent climate change, especially in the unlikely case that it was not caused by man, because that would mean that all we can do is palliate a natural phenomenon.
Common combinations with palliate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to palliate 2×