All words
word
Technical
Legal

Mitigation

mit-ih-GAY-shun

/ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Listen

Pick from 16 AI voices across American and British accents, and adjust playback speed to hear each syllable clearly. Every voice is generated once per term and cached for instant replays.

Syllable breakdown

Mitigation

Dictionary meaning

Action taken to reduce the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

Examples

  • Emissions mitigation requires both policy intervention and technological change.

Pronunciation tips

Four syllables. Stress on third syllable.

People also look up

Subpoena

Suh-PEE-nuh

Kubernetes

Koo-ber-NET-eez

Nginx

Engine-X

PostgreSQL

Post-gres-Q-L

Something wrong? Suggest a correction