How to spell relieved

hear itre·lieved/ri'livd/adjectiveRules and real life

What it means: Feeling happy and calm because a worry or problem has ended.

In a sentence: After the test, Sarah felt relieved and smiled.

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as relived or releived.

Same family: relief, relieving, unrelieved, relievable, relievedly. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Relieved comes from the verb ‘relieve,’ which traces back to Latin ‘relevare,’ meaning ‘to raise’ or ‘to lighten.’ Over time, the meaning shifted from physically lifting a weight to making someone feel lighter in spirit, which is why being relieved feels like a burden has been lifted.

Patterns it uses: i before e?

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