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  2. if something such as a price or level abates, it goes up more slowly than before, or it goes down: Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months. [ I or T ] to become or make something become weaker, lower, less serious, etc.: Inflation is finally showing signs of abating.

  3. 1. to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc. the storm has abated. 2. (transitive) law. a. to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance) b. to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action) c.

  4. The meaning of ABATE is to decrease in force or intensity. How to use abate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Abate.

  5. if something such as a price or level abates, it goes up more slowly than before, or it goes down: Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months. [ I or T ] to become or make something become weaker, lower, less serious, etc.: Inflation is finally showing signs of abating.

  6. Abate definition: to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish. See examples of ABATE used in a sentence.

  7. All you need to know about "ABATE" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  8. Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow. Abate comes from the Old French verb abattre, "to beat down," and means to reduce or become less intense or numerous.

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