mitigation
/ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/mih-tih-GAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/mih-tih-GAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of mitigating
Common meaning: the lessening of something bad
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- mitigmild, softLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1152 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinmītis, -e‘mild, soft’
- Englishmitigate‘to make less severe’
- Englishformed in English from mitigatemitigation‘the lessening of something bad’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from mitigate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MITIGATE, p.373 · scan
Roots
- mītis, -e Latin “mild, soft”
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