how to pronounce palliate

/ˈpæl.i.ɛɪt/

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palliate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of palliate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… can palliate symptoms and help a person …”

meanings of palliate

verb:

To hide or disguise.
To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
To placate or mollify.

adjective:

Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
Cloaked; hidden, concealed.

palliate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word palliate occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics palliate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that palliate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;