Abate
verb
To decrease, reduce or lessen something.
I hope the rain will abate soon so we can go outside.
Often appears as...
- abate the risk
- abate the noise
verb
To stop or pause something.
The judge abated the proceeding until all evidence was collected.
Often appears as...
- abate the proceedings
- abate the action
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity.
The medication was used to abate the patient's pain.
Often appears as...
- abate the pain
- abate the symptoms
Usage tips
Medical
verb
To decrease, reduce or lessen something.
I hope the rain will abate soon so we can go outside.
Often appears as...
- abate the risk
- abate the noise
verb
To stop or pause something.
The judge abated the proceeding until all evidence was collected.
Often appears as...
- abate the proceedings
- abate the action
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity.
The medication was used to abate the patient's pain.
Often appears as...
- abate the pain
- abate the symptoms
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Anticipate Improvement
Use 'abate' when expressing hope for a situation to become better.
The community waited for the storm to abate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Abate' implies a gradual decrease, not an instant stop.
The doctor said the swelling should abate over a few days.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Reduction
Highlight the process of something becoming less in intensity or quantity.
They installed soundproof walls to abate the noise from the street.
Pro Tip 1/3Anticipate Improvement
Use 'abate' when expressing hope for a situation to become better.
The community waited for the storm to abate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Abate' implies a gradual decrease, not an instant stop.
The doctor said the swelling should abate over a few days.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Reduction
Highlight the process of something becoming less in intensity or quantity.
They installed soundproof walls to abate the noise from the street.
Pro Tip 1/3Anticipate Improvement
Use 'abate' when expressing hope for a situation to become better.
The community waited for the storm to abate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Abate' implies a gradual decrease, not an instant stop.
The doctor said the swelling should abate over a few days.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Reduction
Highlight the process of something becoming less in intensity or quantity.
They installed soundproof walls to abate the noise from the street.
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A teacher growing green...
what does it really do it teaches kids to revision their commute they grow up in places like this they can imagine it like this and my kids trained and certified mine you get the tax abatement I do Mayor Bloomberg to take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that and that to meet people is another
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
rain abates which it seems to be doing you would see just how mud slicked it has become already just from this rain and the road that I drove on which was dry on my way in is now under water I don't know if this was their best choice but I guess as I said they've been doing this for a long long time
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The price of shame PIPE...
In the online world, we can foster minority influence by becoming upstanders. To become an upstander means instead of bystander apathy, we can post a positive comment for someone or report a bullying situation. Trust me, compassionate comments help abate the negativity.
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Why you should define...
because of a minor infraction, that could cost you the employee. If you're a college student who, say, is in a downward spiral, and you feel helpless and hopeless, unabated, that could cost you your life. So the stakes are very, very high.
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The agony of opioid...
I took the little orange prescription bottle, I set it on my nightstand and then I didn't touch it. I fell asleep, I slept through the night and when I woke up, the most severe symptoms had abated dramatically.
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Let’s put compassion...
fear of an unknown future unabated fear stalks learning in its tracks because we are all emotional beings and so it's the courage to care even when caring is the hard choice that helps us
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Baby Albatross Encounter...
It was raging all night, and so the next day when it abated, we did our hike towards the colony. Checked chick number one, he was still there, looking very wet. Check, chick number two.
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Watch Koko the Gorilla...
clearly Patterson says something more complex than mimicry is involved in the mental capacities koko displays perhaps criticism will abate as Apes begin to sign to each other
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Our story of rape and...
Put simply, something you've done doesn't have to constitute the sum of who you are. The noise in my head abated. The indulgent self-pity was starved of oxygen,
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Joyce Poole: The...
the ivory trade is raging out of control habitat loss is in freefall and human human elephant conflict continues unabated and with trade in wildlife
Video examples
A teacher growing green...
what does it really do it teaches kids to revision their commute they grow up in places like this they can imagine it like this and my kids trained and certified mine you get the tax abatement I do Mayor Bloomberg to take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that and that to meet people is another
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
rain abates which it seems to be doing you would see just how mud slicked it has become already just from this rain and the road that I drove on which was dry on my way in is now under water I don't know if this was their best choice but I guess as I said they've been doing this for a long long time
Video examples
The price of shame PIPE...
In the online world, we can foster minority influence by becoming upstanders. To become an upstander means instead of bystander apathy, we can post a positive comment for someone or report a bullying situation. Trust me, compassionate comments help abate the negativity.
Video examples
Why you should define...
because of a minor infraction, that could cost you the employee. If you're a college student who, say, is in a downward spiral, and you feel helpless and hopeless, unabated, that could cost you your life. So the stakes are very, very high.
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
I took the little orange prescription bottle, I set it on my nightstand and then I didn't touch it. I fell asleep, I slept through the night and when I woke up, the most severe symptoms had abated dramatically.
Video examples
Let’s put compassion...
fear of an unknown future unabated fear stalks learning in its tracks because we are all emotional beings and so it's the courage to care even when caring is the hard choice that helps us
Video examples
Baby Albatross Encounter...
It was raging all night, and so the next day when it abated, we did our hike towards the colony. Checked chick number one, he was still there, looking very wet. Check, chick number two.
Video examples
Watch Koko the Gorilla...
clearly Patterson says something more complex than mimicry is involved in the mental capacities koko displays perhaps criticism will abate as Apes begin to sign to each other
Video examples
Our story of rape and...
Put simply, something you've done doesn't have to constitute the sum of who you are. The noise in my head abated. The indulgent self-pity was starved of oxygen,
Video examples
Joyce Poole: The...
the ivory trade is raging out of control habitat loss is in freefall and human human elephant conflict continues unabated and with trade in wildlife
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Steve Jurvetson
American Businessman
Technology business increasingly becomes difficult to predict because technology itself is accelerating in change, and human nature and markets are more stagnant and static. But the dynamic engine of technological innovation continues unabated.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new investments in unabated coal-fired electricity generation still being planned.
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Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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Vincent Frank
American Politician
We have to scrutinize the entire abatement process to ensure the companies that are under consideration for an abatement truly need one, and I don't believe that is being done now.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world.
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Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.
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John Dramani Mahama
Ghanaian Politician
I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
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Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.
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Lewis Tappan
American Businessman
The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated.
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Steve Jurvetson
American Businessman
Technology business increasingly becomes difficult to predict because technology itself is accelerating in change, and human nature and markets are more stagnant and static. But the dynamic engine of technological innovation continues unabated.
Quote examples
Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new investments in unabated coal-fired electricity generation still being planned.
Quote examples
Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
Quote examples
Vincent Frank
American Politician
We have to scrutinize the entire abatement process to ensure the companies that are under consideration for an abatement truly need one, and I don't believe that is being done now.
Quote examples
Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world.
Quote examples
Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.
Quote examples
John Dramani Mahama
Ghanaian Politician
I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.
Quote examples
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Quote examples
Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.
Quote examples
Lewis Tappan
American Businessman
The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated.
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