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Mitigate (verb)
To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
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Mitigate (verb)
To downplay.
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Offset (noun)
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
“Today’s victory was an offset to yesterday’s defeat.”
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Offset (noun)
A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
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Offset (noun)
A time at which something begins; outset.
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Offset (noun)
The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
“offset lithographs”
“offset process”
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Offset (noun)
The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
“An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.”
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Offset (noun)
The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal’s real base level.
“The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor’s offset and drift variations.”
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Offset (noun)
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
“There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.”
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Offset (noun)
A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
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Offset (noun)
An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
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Offset (noun)
A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
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Offset (noun)
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
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Offset (noun)
A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
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Offset (noun)
A terrace on a hillside.
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Offset (verb)
To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
“I’ll offset the time difference locally.”
“to offset one charge against another”
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Offset (verb)
To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
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Mitigate (verb)
make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful
“drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”
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Mitigate (verb)
lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)
“there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree”
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Offset (noun)
a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one
“widow’s bereavement allowance is an offset against income”
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Offset (noun)
the amount or distance by which something is out of line
“these wheels have an offset of four inches”
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Offset (noun)
a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement.
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Offset (noun)
a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current
“offset adjustment circuits”
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Offset (noun)
a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation
“a present of tulip bulbs, offsets, and seeds for his garden”
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Offset (noun)
a spur in a mountain range.
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Offset (noun)
a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished.
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Offset (noun)
a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle
“allow for any bend you need including offsets for connecting the downpipe”
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Offset (noun)
a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper
“offset printing”
“they produced banknotes by offset”
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Offset (verb)
counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect
“his unfortunate appearance was offset by a compelling personality”
“donations to charities can be offset against tax”
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Offset (verb)
place out of line
“several places where the ridge was offset at right angles to its length”
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Offset (verb)
(of ink or a freshly printed page) transfer an impression to the next leaf or sheet
“there was some offsetting on to text”