to put sb at their ease

  • 1put somebody at (their) ease — put sb at (their) ˈease idiom to make sb feel relaxed and confident, not nervous or embarrassed • Try to put the candidate at ease by being friendly and informal. Main entry: ↑easeidiom …

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  • 2put someone at (their) ease — phrase to make someone who is nervous feel more relaxed Thesaurus: to make someone less nervous or upsetsynonym Main entry: ease …

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  • 3ease — [[t]i͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ eases, easing, eased 1) PHRASE: PHR after V If you do something with ease, you do it easily, without difficulty or effort. Anne was intelligent and capable of passing her exams with ease. ...the ease with which young people… …

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  • 4ease — ease1 [i:z] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: aise comfort ] 1.) with ease if you do something with ease, it is very easy for you to do it = ↑easily ▪ They won with ease. ▪ The security codes could be broken with relative ease . ▪ I… …

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  • 5ease — ease1 [ iz ] verb ** ▸ 1 make less severe ▸ 2 move slowly & carefully ▸ 3 about rule/punishment ▸ 4 make process easier ▸ 5 about bad weather ▸ 6 become more relaxed ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to make a problem, bad situation, or pain less… …

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  • 6ease */*/ — I UK [iːz] / US [ɪz] noun [uncountable] 1) a) the ability to do something easily with ease: Young children seem to master computer games with ease. We completed the climb with relative ease (= fairly easily). b) the fact that something is easy to …

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  • 7put — 1. v. & n. v. (putting; past and past part. put) 1 tr. move to or cause to be in a specified place or position (put it in your pocket; put the children to bed; put your signature here). 2 tr. bring into a specified condition, relation, or state… …

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  • 8ease — 1 noun (U) 1 with ease if you do something with ease, it is very easy for you to do it: The car travelled smoothly up the hillside, taking the bends with ease. | It was the ease with which the burglars got into the house that worried her. | with… …

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  • 9ease — /iz / (say eez) noun 1. freedom from labour, pain, or physical annoyance of any kind; tranquil rest; comfort: to take one s ease. 2. freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: be at ease. 3. freedom from difficulty or… …

  • 10Ease (programming language) — Infobox programming language name = Ease logo = paradigm = concurrent year = 1990 designer = Steven Ericsson Zenith developer = latest release version = latest release date = typing = implementations = various dialects = C with Ease, Carnap… …

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