remedy

CEFRB2

/ˈɹɛmədi/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A treatment or solution that corrects a problem.

  2. 02

    verb

    To correct or improve a problem.

Examples

  • The only remedy lies in cleaning the entire system.

  • This is an effective remedy for crime.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.

  2. The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.

  3. Something that corrects or counteracts.

More examples

In context

  • We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.

  • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He said to himself that no doubt they would save her; the doctors would discover some remedy surely. He remembered all the miraculous cures he had been told about. T...

  • Nor is geometry, when taken into the assistance of natural philosophy, ever able to remedy this defect,

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Origin

noun

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.