/ɹiˈmɪtɪd/
Say it backRemitted is the past tense or past participle of remit, meaning to send back (money) or to refrain from inflicting punishment or to refrain from taking action. In medical or legal contexts, it can mean a decline or disappearance of symptoms or offense. The term often appears in financial, legal, and medical reporting to indicate payment of funds or reduction/remission of a condition.
"The patient has been remitted of symptoms for six months."
"Funds were remitted to the charity yesterday."
"The court remitted the fines due to a clerical error."
Pronounce as /rəˈmɪtɪd/ in US and AU accents and /rɪˈmɪtɪd/ in many UK variants. The stress is on the second syllable: re-MITT-ed. Start with a light, neutral schwa or near-schwa in the first syllable, then a clear /mɪ/ in the second, ending with /tɪd/ or a lighter /tɪd/. Mouth positions: lips relaxed for /ə/; lips rounded slightly for /ɪ/; tip of tongue to alveolar ridge for /t/; voiceless, quick release for /d/ at end. You’ll hear a crisp final -ed in careful speech.
Common mistakes: misplacing stress as RE-mitted (wrong second-syllable emphasis); pronouncing /ɪ/ as a long vowel /iː/ (rečognize /ɪ/). Correct the first syllable to a light /ə/ or /ə/ and stress /mɪ/; ensure the final /t/ is released and the /d/ is not conflated with a /t/ in rapid speech. Practice with /əˈmɪt/ cluster and reduce vowels in the first syllable; keep the middle vowel short and crisp for accurate remitted.
In US and AU, /rəˈmɪtɪd/, with a schwa in the first syllable and a clear /ɪ/ in the second; non-rhotic features are less prominent in US; AU may show a slightly more centralized vowel in the first syllable. In many UK variants, /r/ can be non-rhotic, yielding /rɪˈmɪtɪd/ or /rəˈmɪtɪd/ depending on speaker; some formal UK speech maintains rhoticity?; the main difference lies in the rhotics and the quality of the first vowel and the final consonant release.
The challenge lies in the consonant cluster and ending: a rapid /t/ followed by /ɪd/ or /əd/ quickly reduces to /tɪd/ in careful speech; the middle /mɪ/ must be crisp and short; the initial unstressed syllable often reduces to a weak /rə/ or /rə/. Also, non-native speakers often mispronounce the stress pattern or confuse /ɪ/ with /iː/. Maintaining accurate vowel length and a clean alveolar stop after the stressed syllable is essential.
Is the final -ed in 'remitted' pronounced as /ɪd/ or /tɪd/? Answer: In careful speech, it’s typically /-ɪd/ as /-ɪd/ or /-ɪt/ near the boundary, but more commonly as /-ɪd/; pressure on second syllable means the ending is crisp, with /d/ following a short vowel; in fast speech, it may sound like /-əd/ or /-ɪt/, but a careful speaker keeps it /-ɪd/.
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Remitted comes from Latin remittere, meaning to send back, send away, or relax. The Latin root re- (back, again) + mittere (to send) evolved in Old and Middle English via Anglo-Norman and Early Modern English to its current sense set. In financial use, remittance refers to money sent to a recipient, especially from abroad, aligning with the sense of sending funds back to a source. In medical and legal contexts, remission describes a reduction or disappearance of symptoms or the leniency or easing of a charge, again tied to the notion of sending away or lessening the severity. First known use in English dates to the late medieval period, with the verb remit appearing by the 14th century. The noun remittance (money sent) developed later, around the 17th century, reinforcing the financial sense. Overall, remitted is the past form of remit, implying that something has been sent back, reduced, or eased, depending on context.
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