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• tyyntyä• heikentyä• hiljentyä• hellittää• heiketä• huvetafinance, business, economy• alentaa• asettua• vaimeta• vaimentua• vähentyä• vähetä• vähentää• rauhoittua• rauhoittaa• kesyyntyä• leppyä• lieventää• lieventyä• lientyä• lievittää• jäähdyttää• tasaantua• talttua• laantua• lauhtua• laimeta* * *ə'beit(to become less: The storm abated.) tyyntyä
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abate — ► VERB 1) (of something bad) become less intense or widespread. 2) Law reduce or remove (a nuisance). DERIVATIVES abatement noun. ORIGIN Old French abatre to fell , from Latin battere to beat … English terms dictionary
abate — /ə bāt/ vb abat·ed, abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a , prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a: to put an end to or do away with abate a nuisance b: make void: null … Law dictionary
abate — verb (abated; abating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French abatre to strike down more at rebate Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to put an end to < abate a nuisance > … New Collegiate Dictionary
abate — a‧bate [əˈbeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] formal to become less strong or damaging, or to make something do this: • The level of wage settlements has shown no signs of abating in recent months. abatement noun [uncountable] : • the cost of… … Financial and business terms
abate — verb Abate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anger, ↑fear, ↑storm … Collocations dictionary
abate — verb (I, T) formal to become less strong or decrease, or to make something do this: We waited for the storm to abate. abatement noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
abate — verb 1) the storm had abated Syn: subside, die down/away/out, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, recede, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb … Thesaurus of popular words
abate — verb the storm had abated Syn: subside, die down/away/out, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease, diminish, fade, weaken Ant: intensify … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
abate — /əˈbeɪt / (say uh bayt) verb (abated, abating) –verb (t) 1. to reduce in amount, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one s enthusiasm. 2. Law to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance); suspend or extinguish (an action);… …
abate — UK [əˈbeɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms abate : present tense I/you/we/they abate he/she/it abates present participle abating past tense abated past participle abated formal to gradually become less serious or extreme The fighting shows… … English dictionary
abate — 1. verb /əˈbeɪt/ a) To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. b) To diminish in force or intensity. Not that they feel it so,… … Wiktionary