mitigate

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt/ UK /ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

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verb
to make less severe, serious, or painful

Planting trees can help mitigate the effects of urban heat.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make less severe,... alleviate lessen ease reduce moderate temper assuage palliate

Opposites

aggravate exacerbate intensify worsen

Word family

Derived forms mitigationmitigatormitigatorymitigative

Related forms mild

Etymology

From Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare ('to make mild, soften'), from mitis ('mild, soft') + agere ('to do, drive').

mitigare Latin mitis Latin agere Latin

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Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives

# mitigate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
**IPA (UK):** ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt

## Meanings
1. to make less severe, serious, or painful

## Examples
- Planting trees can help mitigate the effects of urban heat.

## Synonyms
- alleviate
- lessen
- ease
- reduce
- moderate
- temper
- assuage
- palliate

## Antonyms
- aggravate
- exacerbate
- intensify
- worsen

## Derived Forms
- mitigation
- mitigator
- mitigatory
- mitigative

## Related Forms
- mild

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mitigare
- Root: mitis
- Root: agere

## Etymology
From Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare ('to make mild, soften'), from mitis ('mild, soft') + agere ('to do, drive').

## AI Etymology
Mitigate comes from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare ('to make mild, soften'), from mitis ('mild, soft') + agere ('to do, drive'). The etymological trail includes Latin mitigare, Latin mitis, Latin agere. The same word family includes mitigation, mitigator, mitigatory, mitigative, mild. Its current verb use means "to make less severe, serious, or painful".

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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