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re·me·di·al

(rĭ-mē′dē-əl)

adj.

1. Supplying a remedy.

2. Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in a specific subject: remedial reading.

re·me′di·al·ly adv.

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remedial

(rɪˈmiːdɪəl)

adj

1. (Medicine) affording a remedy; curative

2. (Education) denoting or relating to special teaching, teaching methods, or material for people who have difficulty learning: remedial education.

reˈmedially adv

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re•me•di•al

(rɪˈmi di əl)

adj.

1. affording remedy.

2. intended to improve poor skills in a specified field: remedial reading.

[1645–55; < Late Latin remediālis. See remedy, -al¹]

re•me′di•al•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	remedial - tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education" bettering - changing for the better
	2.	remedial - tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" alterative, curative, healing, sanative, therapeutic healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"

remedial

adjective

1. therapeutic, healing, curing, curative, health-promoting, alleviative He is doing remedial exercises.

2. corrective, preventive, counteracting, reactive, compensatory They are having to take remedial action.

3. special needs remedial education

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

remedial

adjective

1. Serving to cure:

curative, restorative, therapeutic.

2. Tending to correct:

amendatory, corrective, emendatory, reformative, reformatory.

Translations

عِلاجي، مُداوٍ

léčebnýnápravný

hjælpe-

Heil-...

réparateur

sem læknar eîa ræîur bót á e-u; hjálpar-

correttivo

bøtendehelbredende hjelpe-legende støtte-

geliştiricitedavi ediciyetiştirici

补救的

remedial

[rɪˈmiːdɪəl]

A. ADJ (Med) → reparador (fig) → correctivo

B. CPD remedial course N → curso m correctivo
remedial education N → educación f especial
remedial teaching N → enseñanza f de los niños con dificultades

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

remedial

[rɪˈmiːdiəl] adj [tuition, classes] → de rattrapage

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

remedial

adj attr → Hilfs-; (Med) → Heil-; remedial action/measures → Hilfsmaßnahmen pl; remedial exercises → Heilgymnastik f; remedial treatment (Med) → Heilbehandlung f; to teach remedial English/reading → einen Förderkurs in Englisch/im Lesen leiten; remedial education → fördernde Erziehung (für lernschwache Schüler); remedial teaching → Förder- or Hilfsunterricht m; remedial work (Sch) → Förderaufgaben pl; remedial class → Förderklasse f; remedial course → Förderkurs m; she no longer needs remedial help (with learning) → sie benötigt keinen Förderunterricht mehr

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

remedial

[rɪˈmiːdɪəl] adj (Med) → correttivo/a; (action) → atto/a a porre rimedio; (school, teaching) → speciale; (class, tuition) → di ricupero

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

remedy

(ˈremədi) – plural ˈremedies – noun

a cure for an illness or something bad. I know a good remedy for toothache.

verb

to put right. These mistakes can be remedied.

remedial (rəˈmiːdiəl) adjective

able to, or intended to, put right or to correct or cure. She does remedial work with the less clever children; remedial exercises.

re·me·di·al

a. remediador-a, reparador-a, curativo-a.

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This added calamity nearly unmanned me; the recurrence of the complaint proved that without powerful remedial applications all hope of cure was futile; and when I reflected that just beyond the elevations, which bound me in, was the medical relief I needed, and that although so near, it was impossible for me to avail myself of it, the thought was misery.

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But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.

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Men of his sensitive organisation are fortunately quick in feeling the effect of remedial measures.

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