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单词 remedial
释义

remedial

adjective

re·​me·​di·​al ri-ˈmē-dē-əl How to pronounce remedial (audio)
1
: intended as a remedy
2
: concerned with the correction of faulty study habits and the raising of a pupil's general competence
remedial reading courses
also : receiving or requiring remedial instruction
remedial students
remedially
ri-ˈmē-dē-ə-lē How to pronounce remedial (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • amendatory
  • corrective
  • rectifying
  • reformative
  • reformatory
  • remedying
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Example Sentences

Officials have pledged remedial action to repair damaged bridges. Thirty percent of the new students need remedial classes in math. He's taking a course in remedial reading.
Recent Examples on the Web In my nine years as president, Claremont McKenna has never held a disciplinary review, conducted an investigation or taken any adverse remedial action against any faculty member, including Mr. Nadon, for classroom speech. WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The commission has recommended the Arkansas Supreme Court suspend Bourne for 90 days, with 75 days held in abeyance for a year on the condition the judge follows remedial measures. Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2022 Despite a state law, more than half of California community colleges have refused to drop dead-end remedial courses. Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022 And with dozens of districts still enrolling students in remedial education, new state legislation aims to close loopholes that allow such courses to continue. Teresa Watanabestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 If an entire classroom of dead first-graders could not spur even remedial action in Congress on gun control, nothing would. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 May 2022 The 2019 law requires the colleges to direct students away from remedial education — which often does not count toward degree or transfer credits. Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022 The Air National Guard is already working to find ways to remediate the soil at Truax Field, recently announcing the end of its remedial investigation of both soil and water in the area. Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022 The show offers a teachable moment for a remedial culture and an eight-episode apology to Pamela Anderson. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

remedial

adjective

re·​me·​di·​al ri-ˈmē-dē-əl How to pronounce remedial (audio)
: intended to make something better
He takes classes in remedial reading.

Medical Definition

remedial

adjective

re·​me·​di·​al ri-ˈmēd-ē-əl How to pronounce remedial (audio)
: affording a remedy : intended as a remedy
remedial surgery

Legal Definition

remedial

adjective

re·​me·​di·​al ri-ˈmē-dē-əl How to pronounce remedial (audio)
1
a
: intended as or providing a remedy
b
: concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease
remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior
a workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctor
a remedial statute correcting the previous law
2
: of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right : procedural

remedial

adjective

1
as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition took a remedial math course over the summer so he'd be ready for algebra the following school year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • corrective
  • reformative
  • beneficial
  • therapeutic
  • remedying
  • curative
  • reformatory
  • rectifying
  • reparative
  • amendatory
  • medicinal
  • restorative
  • helpful
  • salutary
  • antidotal
  • counteractive
  • counterbalancing
  • wholesome
2
as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health unfortunately, with a cold virus, there are few remedial measures besides fluids and rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • medicinal
  • therapeutic
  • curative
  • healing
  • restorative
  • corrective
  • healthful
  • officinal
  • salutary
  • sanative
  • wholesome
  • salubrious
  • alleviative
  • tonic
  • healthy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • noxious
  • pernicious
  • deleterious
  • unhealthful
  • unwholesome
  • injurious
  • toxic
  • unhealthy
  • adverse
  • harmful
  • detrimental
  • poisonous
  • noisome
  • bad
  • insalubrious
  • infectious
  • damaging
  • baneful
  • ill
  • baleful
  • hurtful
  • insanitary
  • unsanitary
  • unhygienic
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