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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rem•e•dy /ˈrɛmɪdi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. n. [countable] - Medicinesomething, as a medicine, that cures or relieves a disease or anything wrong with the body.
- something that corrects or removes an evil, error, or undesirable condition.
v. [~ + object] - Medicineto cure or relieve:to remedy an illness.
- to restore to the proper condition;
put right:to remedy a problem.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rem•e•dy (rem′i dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. n. - Medicinesomething that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder;
a healing medicine, application, or treatment. - something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
- Lawlegal redress;
the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong. - Currency[Coinage.]a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins;
tolerance.
v.t. - Medicineto cure, relieve, or heal.
- to restore to the natural or proper condition;
put right:to remedy a matter. - to counteract or remove:to remedy an evil.
- Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium
- Middle French remedier)
- Latin remedium, equivalent. to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (compare medical) + -ium -ium; (verb, verbal) late Middle English remedien (
- Anglo-French
- (noun, nominal) Middle English remedie 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cure, restorative, specific, medicament, medication.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged corrective, antidote.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See cure.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repair, correct, redress, renew.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worsen.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: remedy /ˈrɛmɪdɪ/ n ( pl -dies)- usually followed by for or against: any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
- usually followed by for or against: anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes
- the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
vb (transitive)- to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
- to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medicalremediable /rɪˈmiːdɪəbəl/ adj reˈmediably adv ˈremediless adj |