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remediate

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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/ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/
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/ɹəˈmiːdi.ət/
/ɹɪˈmiːdi.ət/
/ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/
/ɹɪˈmiːdieɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 M IY1 D IY0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 M IY1 D IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, rare

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adj

Meaning 2

Remedial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 4

set straight or right

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

remedy these deficiencies
rectify the inequities in salaries
repair an oversight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rectify, remedy, repair, amend

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: correct, rectify, right

History

Etymology

From Latin remediare.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Spanish: remediar — Translations

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more remediate — comparative
most remediate — superlative
remediates — present, singular, third-person
remediating — participle, present
remediated — participle, past
remediated — past

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: mycoremediate, phytoremediate, remediation, remediator

Related: remediation

Semantic map

Other relationships

Hypernyms: correct, rectify, right

Sources

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