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Word: Mitigate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated’, from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful
Short Definition:make something bad less severe or painful
Examples:- drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
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