remedial

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Designed to correct a problem or improve a weak skill.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Examples

  • She has to take a remedial course in English.

  • She failed the math test, so she had to take a remedial class.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

  2. curative; providing a remedy

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The student took a blank class to improve his poor math skills.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.