Mitigate
verb
To make something less severe, harmful, or damaging.
The government is trying to come up with strategies to mitigate the effects of global warming.
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- mitigate effects
- mitigate damage
verb
To lessen the force or intensity of something.
He managed to mitigate his anger after talking to his therapist.
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- mitigate anger
- mitigate hostility
verb
To make a punishment or claim less severe or more tolerable.
His lawyer sought to mitigate the sentence by revealing his difficult childhood.
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- mitigate punishment
- mitigate claim
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Formal
Academic
verb
To make something less severe, harmful, or damaging.
The government is trying to come up with strategies to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Often appears as...
- mitigate effects
- mitigate damage
verb
To lessen the force or intensity of something.
He managed to mitigate his anger after talking to his therapist.
Often appears as...
- mitigate anger
- mitigate hostility
verb
To make a punishment or claim less severe or more tolerable.
His lawyer sought to mitigate the sentence by revealing his difficult childhood.
Often appears as...
- mitigate punishment
- mitigate claim
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Relief
Mitigate implies action to quickly reduce negative impact.
Emergency services worked to mitigate the disaster's immediate effects.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategic Planning
Plans or measures put in place beforehand can mitigate potential future harm.
Building stronger levees can mitigate flood damage.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Eliminate
Mitigate reduces severity, but does not completely remove the problem.
Insulation can mitigate energy loss, not prevent it.
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Relief
Mitigate implies action to quickly reduce negative impact.
Emergency services worked to mitigate the disaster's immediate effects.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategic Planning
Plans or measures put in place beforehand can mitigate potential future harm.
Building stronger levees can mitigate flood damage.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Eliminate
Mitigate reduces severity, but does not completely remove the problem.
Insulation can mitigate energy loss, not prevent it.
Pro Tip 1/3Immediate Relief
Mitigate implies action to quickly reduce negative impact.
Emergency services worked to mitigate the disaster's immediate effects.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategic Planning
Plans or measures put in place beforehand can mitigate potential future harm.
Building stronger levees can mitigate flood damage.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Eliminate
Mitigate reduces severity, but does not completely remove the problem.
Insulation can mitigate energy loss, not prevent it.
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Thinking your way out of...
might see that their employees are experiencing impostor syndrome what are some ways they can help mitigate and how can they help yeah one of the best things a manager or leader can do is to normalize it and to to talk about it and if you have imposter feelings to talk about it in a very offhanded matter-of-fact way like oh that's that impostor thing oh yeah some of the brightest people on the planet have
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Elon Musk: The future...
I guess the big concern of yours is that people may actually get seduced too early to think that this is safe, and that you'll have some horrible incident happen that puts things back. Well, I think that the autonomy system is likely to at least mitigate the crash, except in rare circumstances. The thing to appreciate about vehicle safety
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What makes tattoos...
though it can be mitigated by the use of sunblock. But since the dermal cells are relatively stable, much of the ink will remain deep in the skin for a person's whole life. But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis
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The sharks that hunt in...
and many marine forests are being polluted or cut down for coastal development. This destruction is especially dangerous because marine forests are one of the single most important ecosystems in mitigating climate change. Mangroves and seagrasses trap carbon between their roots,
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What does my headscarf...
We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us. I'm not accusing anyone, bias is not an accusation. Rather, it's something that has to be identified, acknowledged and mitigated against. Bias can be about race, it can be about gender.
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
measures are being taken to protect communities. Meteorologists closely monitor storm fronts in high-risk areas and try to forecast possible tornadic events. In doing so, they help mitigate damages to neighborhoods and save countless lives,
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Divers Fight the...
best chance we have to mitigate some of the impacts of lionfish is to encourage fishery removals whether that's through recreational spear fishermen or whether that's through the development of a commercial line fish fishery whether
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Are the Northern Lights...
And as our ability to forecast space weather has improved, so have our mitigation measures. Power grids can be shut off in advance of a solar storm, while capacitors can be installed to absorb the sudden influx of energy.
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Bill Gates: The...
And we are causing problems for subsistence farmers and sea-level rise and wildfires and natural ecosystems. And so the adaptation side is even more underfunded than the mitigation side. For example, helping poor farmers
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The Tragedy Of...
boom there goes the forest and our ability to mitigate climate change and turn the story around becomes really vanishingly small
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Thinking your way out of...
might see that their employees are experiencing impostor syndrome what are some ways they can help mitigate and how can they help yeah one of the best things a manager or leader can do is to normalize it and to to talk about it and if you have imposter feelings to talk about it in a very offhanded matter-of-fact way like oh that's that impostor thing oh yeah some of the brightest people on the planet have
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
I guess the big concern of yours is that people may actually get seduced too early to think that this is safe, and that you'll have some horrible incident happen that puts things back. Well, I think that the autonomy system is likely to at least mitigate the crash, except in rare circumstances. The thing to appreciate about vehicle safety
Video examples
What makes tattoos...
though it can be mitigated by the use of sunblock. But since the dermal cells are relatively stable, much of the ink will remain deep in the skin for a person's whole life. But if tattoos are embedded in your skin for life, is there any way to erase them? Technically, yes. Today, a laser is used to penetrate the epidermis
Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
and many marine forests are being polluted or cut down for coastal development. This destruction is especially dangerous because marine forests are one of the single most important ecosystems in mitigating climate change. Mangroves and seagrasses trap carbon between their roots,
Video examples
What does my headscarf...
We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us. I'm not accusing anyone, bias is not an accusation. Rather, it's something that has to be identified, acknowledged and mitigated against. Bias can be about race, it can be about gender.
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
measures are being taken to protect communities. Meteorologists closely monitor storm fronts in high-risk areas and try to forecast possible tornadic events. In doing so, they help mitigate damages to neighborhoods and save countless lives,
Video examples
Divers Fight the...
best chance we have to mitigate some of the impacts of lionfish is to encourage fishery removals whether that's through recreational spear fishermen or whether that's through the development of a commercial line fish fishery whether
Video examples
Are the Northern Lights...
And as our ability to forecast space weather has improved, so have our mitigation measures. Power grids can be shut off in advance of a solar storm, while capacitors can be installed to absorb the sudden influx of energy.
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
And we are causing problems for subsistence farmers and sea-level rise and wildfires and natural ecosystems. And so the adaptation side is even more underfunded than the mitigation side. For example, helping poor farmers
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The Tragedy Of...
boom there goes the forest and our ability to mitigate climate change and turn the story around becomes really vanishingly small
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Chris Smith
American Politician
Rather than dull our consciences to the unmitigated violence of abortion, the passage of time has only enabled us to see and, frankly, better understand the innate cruelty of abortion and its horrific legacy - victims - while making us more determined than ever to protect the weakest and the most vulnerable.
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Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact on the environment, people, communities, their health and overall well-being. But this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.
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Scott Stossel
American Journalist
There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog, that can mitigate anxiety. And yes, there are people who have the glass half full and glass half empty, and I'm afraid the glass is going to break and I'll cut myself on the shards.
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Gever Tulley
American Writer
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
The community - more than two billion people use our products, and we get that, with that, a lot of people are using that for a lot of good, but we also have a responsibility to mitigate the darker things that people are gonna try to do.
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Katharine Viner
British Journalist
The 'Guardian' supports the vital work that volunteers and campaigners do to mitigate homelessness and destitution; we will also continue to report on the causes of homelessness and destitution and urge policy change that will solve it.
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Punit Renjen
Indian Businessman
For us as a firm, not only from a risk mitigation standpoint but also as a point of differentiation, it is incredibly important to get consistency and the very best individuals with the capabilities to do the very best job.
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Tony Cardenas
American Politician
If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.
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Lactantius
Author
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
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Adam Grant
American Author
In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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Chris Smith
American Politician
Rather than dull our consciences to the unmitigated violence of abortion, the passage of time has only enabled us to see and, frankly, better understand the innate cruelty of abortion and its horrific legacy - victims - while making us more determined than ever to protect the weakest and the most vulnerable.
Quote examples
Shiv Nadar
Indian Businessman
I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact on the environment, people, communities, their health and overall well-being. But this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.
Quote examples
Scott Stossel
American Journalist
There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog, that can mitigate anxiety. And yes, there are people who have the glass half full and glass half empty, and I'm afraid the glass is going to break and I'll cut myself on the shards.
Quote examples
Gever Tulley
American Writer
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
The community - more than two billion people use our products, and we get that, with that, a lot of people are using that for a lot of good, but we also have a responsibility to mitigate the darker things that people are gonna try to do.
Quote examples
Katharine Viner
British Journalist
The 'Guardian' supports the vital work that volunteers and campaigners do to mitigate homelessness and destitution; we will also continue to report on the causes of homelessness and destitution and urge policy change that will solve it.
Quote examples
Punit Renjen
Indian Businessman
For us as a firm, not only from a risk mitigation standpoint but also as a point of differentiation, it is incredibly important to get consistency and the very best individuals with the capabilities to do the very best job.
Quote examples
Tony Cardenas
American Politician
If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.
Quote examples
Lactantius
Author
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
Quote examples
Adam Grant
American Author
In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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