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- Dictionarymit·i·gate/ˈmidəˌɡāt/
verb
- 1. make less severe, serious, or painful: "he wanted to mitigate misery in the world"
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The meaning of mitigate is straightforward enough: to make something—such as a problem, symptom, or punishment—less harsh or severe. Sometimes, however, mitigate appears where the similar-looking militate is expected.
to make something less severe or less unpleasant: Getting a lot of sleep and drinking plenty of fluids can mitigate the effects of the flu.
to make something less severe or less unpleasant: Getting a lot of sleep and drinking plenty of fluids can mitigate the effects of the flu.
To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. ...ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion. American English : mitigate / ˈmɪtɪgeɪt /
Mitigate definition: to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. . See examples of MITIGATE used in a sentence.
Choose the verb mitigate when something lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents' anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly neighbor.
mitigate something to make something less harmful, serious, etc. synonym alleviate. action to mitigate poverty; Soil erosion was mitigated by the planting of trees.
To make or become milder, less severe, less rigorous, or less painful; moderate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife. American Heritage. To operate or work ( against) Webster's New World. To reduce, lessen, or decrease. Wiktionary. To downplay. Wiktionary.
to make something less harmful, serious, etc. synonym alleviate action to mitigate poverty Soil erosion was mitigated by the planting of trees. Definition of mitigate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
mitigate meaning, definition, what is mitigate: to make a situation or the effects of so...: Learn more.
