Past tense of mitigate
regular verb
The past tense of mitigate is mitigated. The past participle is also mitigated.
Forms of mitigate
| Base form (V1) | mitigate /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mitigated |
| Past participle (V3) | mitigated |
| Present participle | mitigating |
| Third person singular | mitigates |
Mitigated in a sentence
- Then I discovered the brilliance of the landscape around was mitigated by blue spectacles.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 7, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901...
- This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S.2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 8:56 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov...
- The school found that a trimestral system mitigated some of the problems caused by its high student turnover.From the entry trimestral
- How can ethnopolitical violence be hindered or mitigated?From the entry ethnopolitical
- Similar to parasympathetically mediated HR-slowing, Fingolimod-related HR-slowing is reversed by atropine or mitigated by alpha 1-receptor-agonists.2015 July 6, “Central Autonomic Dysfunction Delays Recovery of Fingolimod Induced Heart Rate Slowing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry parasympathetically
Meaning of mitigate
- verb To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
- verb To downplay.
- verb To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.
Questions about the past tense of mitigate
- What is the past tense of mitigate?
- The past tense of mitigate is mitigated.
- What is the past participle of mitigate?
- The past participle of mitigate is mitigated.
- Is mitigate a regular or irregular verb?
- Mitigate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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