verb · transitive · rare

mitigate

mitigate · mitigates · mitigated · mitigating

зменшувати, полегшувати, пом'якшувати

сдерживать, уменьшать, смягчать, облегчать

lindern, mildern, abschwächen, abmildern

To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bearTo reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

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/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

» Friendly words will mitigate their fury.

Freundliche Worte werden ihre Wut abmildern.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
mildern, abschwächen, abmildern
смягча́тьsmjaxčátʹ, уменьша́тьumenʹšátʹ, умеря́тьumerjátʹ
пом'якшуватиpomʺjakšuvaty, полегшуватиpolehšuvaty, зменшуватиzmenšuvaty
(transitive)To downplay.
(intransitive, proscribed)To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.
We've mitigated against the chance of flooding.

More definitions

to temper
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

Examples

21 sentences

Friendly words will mitigate their fury.
deFreundliche Worte werden ihre Wut abmildern.
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Algeria needs to mitigate its vulnerabilities.
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Ziri needs to mitigate this problem.
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Kind words will mitigate their fury.
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There were mitigating circumstances in his favour.
deFür ihn sprachen mildernde Umstände.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to reduce, lessen, or decrease:

Русский

By meaning 1

to reduce, lessen, or decrease:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to reduce, lessen, or decrease:

Origin

From Middle English mitigaten (“to relieve pain, soothe; (swelling) to abate; (hemorrhoids

From Middle English mitigaten (“to relieve pain, soothe; (swelling) to abate; (hemorrhoids) to relieve; (the mind) to placate, appease; to end, check; to stop, cease”), from mitigat(e) (“mitigated, alleviated, relived”, also used as the past participle of mitigaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin mītigātus, the perfect passive participle of mītigō (“to make soft, ripe; to tame, pacify”), from mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + -igō (“to do, make”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁y- (“mild, soft”).

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