ease
noun /iːz/
/iːz/
[uncountable]Idioms - lack of difficulty
- with ease He passed the exam with ease.
- The ease with which she learns languages is astonishing.
- for ease of something All important points are numbered for ease of reference (= so that you can find them easily).
- This computer is popular for its good design and ease of use.
Extra Examples- I obtained the drugs with alarming ease.
- I was surprised at the apparent ease with which he got into the building.
- She returned her opponent's serve with contemptuous ease.
- The back of the garment is split for ease in walking.
- The car brings ease of access to the countryside.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- consummate
- great
- astonishing
- …
- for ease in
- for ease of
- with ease
- …
- the state of feeling relaxed or comfortable without worries, problems or pain
- In his retirement, he lived a life of ease.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere. The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun.
Idioms
(stand) at ease
- used as a command to soldiers to tell them to stand with their feet apart and their hands behind their backs compare attention
at (your) ease
- relaxed and confident and not nervous or embarrassed
- I never feel completely at ease with him.
- She was at her ease straight away in the new job.
ill at ease
- feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed
- I felt ill at ease in such formal clothes.
put somebody at (their) ease
- to make somebody feel relaxed and confident, not nervous or embarrassed
- Try to put the candidate at ease by being friendly and informal.
put/set somebody’s mind at ease/rest
- to do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something synonym reassure