MITIGATE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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mitigate

[ mit-i-geyt ]

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verb (used with object)

mitigated, mitigating.

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
to make less severe:
to mitigate a punishment.
to reduce the risk or impact of harmful conditions or events:
To mitigate flood damage, new building regulations are being developed.
to make (a person, one's state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease.
Environmental Science. to restore or recreate (a habitat) in order to make up for losses due to development or agriculture:
No one has tried anything on this scale before to mitigate the grasslands bird habitat.

verb (used without object)

mitigated, mitigating.

to become milder; lessen in severity.

mitigate

/ 藞m瑟t瑟伞蓹b蓹l; 藞m瑟t瑟藢伞e瑟t /

verb

to make or become less severe or harsh; moderate

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Usage

Mitigate is sometimes wrongly used where militate is meant: his behaviour militates (not mitigates ) against his chances of promotion

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Confusables Note

Mitigate, whose central meaning is 鈥渢o lessen鈥� or 鈥渢o make less severe,鈥� is sometimes confused with militate, which means 鈥渢o have effect or influence; weigh on.鈥� This mix-up often occurs in the use of the phrase mitigate against, as follows: This criticism in no way mitigates (read militates ) against your going ahead with your research. Although this use of mitigate occasionally occurs in edited writing, it is rare and is widely regarded as an error.

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Derived Forms

藢尘颈迟颈藞驳补迟颈辞苍, noun
藞尘颈迟颈藢驳补迟颈惫别, adjective
藞尘颈迟颈藢驳补迟辞谤, noun
mitigable, adjective

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

尘颈迟路颈路驳补路产濒别 [mit, -i-g, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
尘颈迟路颈路驳补路迟颈辞苍 [mit-i-, gey, -sh, uh, n], noun
尘颈迟路颈路驳补路迟辞谤 noun
辞路惫别谤路尘颈迟路颈路驳补迟别 verb overmitigated overmitigating
un路尘颈迟路颈路驳补路产濒别 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mitigate¹

First recorded in 1375鈥�1425; late Middle English mitigaten, from Latin 尘墨迟颈驳腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 尘墨迟颈驳腻谤别 鈥渢o calm, soften, soothe鈥�), equivalent to 尘墨迟(颈蝉) 鈥渕ild, soft, gentle鈥� + -ig- (combining form of agere 鈥渢o do, cause to do, make鈥�) + -腻迟耻蝉 verb suffix; -ate ¹

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mitigate¹

C15: from Latin 尘墨迟颈驳腻谤别, from 尘墨迟颈蝉 mild + agere to make

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Example Sentences

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They were 鈥渄esigned to mitigate liability for Border Patrol senior management and to present Border Patrol in the best possible light,鈥� Wong wrote.

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Mr Gulden said in a conference call with reporters that Adidas exported more products to the US to mitigate the impact of tariffs before they took effect.

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After taking office in January, Trump redesignated the Houthis as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" - a status the Biden administration had removed due to what it said was the need to mitigate the country's humanitarian crisis.

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One just has to assume it is inconceivable, because in many instances there is no way to mitigate it.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 like they鈥檙e deciding between McDonald鈥檚 and Burger King,鈥� said Patrick Griffin, the 鈥渨olf liaison鈥� for Siskiyou County, whose job is to try to mitigate conflict between the predators and ranchers.

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