remedialadjective
uk/rɪˈmiː.di.əl/us/rɪˈmiː.di.əl/remedial adjective (TO IMPROVE)
formal A remedial action is intended to correct something that is wrong or to improve a bad situation:
to take urgent/immediate remedial action
The bill requires owners to undertake remedial work on dilapidated buildings.
formal Remedial exercises are intended to improve someone's health when they are ill.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
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Recovering from illness
remedial adjective (EDUCATION)
[ before noun ] mainly UK relating to teaching that is intended to help people who have difficulties in reading or writing:
remedial classes/courses
She is a teacher of remedial English.
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Types of education
- adult education
- apprenticeship
- blended learning
- child-centred
- classroom
- coeducation
- consciousness-raising
- continuing education
- e-learning
- educational
- educative
- further education
- heuristic
- higher
- mainstream
- mixed-ability
- nursery
- scholarship
- scholastic
- secondary
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