Vocabulary
Mitigate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Urdu meaning
تخفیف کرنا، کمی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has set up a special committee to assess the extent of damage to agriculture, determine how farmers can be compensated and recommend steps to mitigate the deluge`s impact on the economy.
- Without decisive action to mitigate the immediate fallout and avert longer-term decline, the country risks deepening its economic vulnerabilities.
- As COP30 convenes in Brazil this year and the Paris Agreement turns 10, millions remain vulnerable to rising climate threats with no immediate mechanisms to mitigate risks.
- Efforts should be made to mitigate its effects, and it is imperative these are made soon.
- Reservoirs upstream, such as Tarbela and Mangla, were not drained preemptively, missing a critical opportunity to mitigate downstream flooding risks.
Synonyms
alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off
Antonyms
aggravate, increase, intensify
Curator example
“drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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