adj
Meaning 1
curative; providing a remedy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
remedial
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/
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rhymes with -iːdiəl
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CMU ARPABET: R IH0 M IY1 D IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
tending or intended to rectify or improve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a remedial reading course
- remedial education
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
tending to cure or restore to health
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- curative powers of herbal remedies
- her gentle healing hand
- remedial surgery
- a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
- a therapeutic agent
- therapeutic diets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curative, healing(p), alterative, sanative, therapeutic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лечебен (lečeben) — curative; providing a remedy
- Bulgarian: лекуващ (lekuvašt) — curative; providing a remedy
- Hungarian: gyógyító — curative; providing a remedy
- Hungarian: gyógyhatású — curative; providing a remedy
- Hungarian: gyógy- — curative; providing a remedy
- Italian: curativo — curative; providing a remedy
- Italian: terapeutico — curative; providing a remedy
- Norwegian: bøtende — curative; providing a remedy
- Norwegian: helbredende — curative; providing a remedy
- Norwegian: legende — curative; providing a remedy
- Spanish: remediador — curative; providing a remedy
- Bulgarian: поправящ (popravjašt) — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- Bulgarian: поправителен (popravitelen) — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- German: Nachhilfe- — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- German: -nachhilfe — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- Hungarian: gyógy- — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- Italian: recuperabile — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
- Norwegian: hjelpe- — intended to correct or improve deficient skills
Real reading context