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The words that actually move your band

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Drills built from the words that stand between a student and the next band.

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mitigate

/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/verbBand 7

Meaning

Plain English

To make something harmful or painful less severe.

Academic

To reduce the severity, seriousness or extent of something undesirable.

Word Family

mitigate (v)mitigation (n)mitigating (adj)

Example Sentences

  1. 1.

    “Sea walls and restored wetlands can mitigate the damage that storm surges do to coastal towns.”

  2. 2.

    “The government cut fuel duty to mitigate the effect of rising energy prices on low-income households.”

  3. 3.

    “An early apology did little to mitigate the harm the data breach had done to the company’s reputation.”

Collocations

mitigate the riskmitigate the impactmitigate the effects ofmeasures to mitigatehelp to mitigate

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

alleviatelessenreduceease

Antonyms

aggravateintensify

Spelling

Common Misspellings

mitigratemittigatemidigate

One t in the middle: mit-i-gate. Picture shutting a gate against a storm — you cannot stop the storm, only reduce what gets through.

Irregular Verbs

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Getting an irregular verb wrong is one of the most common — and most noticeable — mistakes in IELTS Writing and Speaking. Learn the pattern, not just the list.

  • All 174 irregular verbs, searchable by verb or meaning.
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go

Completely irregular

Base form

go

Past simple

went

Past participle

gone

Present participle

going

Meaning

To move or travel from one place to another.

Present perfect — example

“Sales figures had gone up steadily since the new policy was introduced.”

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