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- Dictionarymitigating/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: "it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events"
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MITIGATING definition: 1. making something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad: 2. causing you to judge a crime to be less…. Learn more.
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.
Mitigating circumstances or factors make a bad action easier to understand and excuse, and may result in the person responsible being punished less severely. [law, formal] The judge found that in her case there were mitigating circumstances. There are various mitigating factors.
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.
Definition of mitigate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
/ˈmɪtigeɪt/ IPA guide. Other forms: mitigated; mitigating; mitigates. 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.
verb. /ˈmɪt̮əˌɡeɪt/ mitigate something (formal) Verb Forms. to make something less harmful, serious, etc. synonym alleviate action to mitigate poverty Soil erosion was mitigated by the planting of trees. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!
Mitigating definition: lessening the force, intensity, or severity of something, as punishment, danger, pain, anger, etc. (sometimes used in combination). See examples of MITIGATING used in a sentence.
to become milder; lessen in severity. USAGE mitigate, whose central meaning is “to lessen” or “make less severe,” is sometimes confused with militate, “to have effect or influence,” in the phrase mitigate against: This criticism in no way militates (not mitigates) against your going ahead with your research.
