remedial
Curative; providing a remedyCurative; providing a remedy
» She has to take a remedial course in English.
Sie muss einen Angleichungskurs in Englisch belegen. — al_ex_an_der
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2 sensesCurative; providing a remedy
Intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject
Nachhilfe-, -nachhilfe
tending or intended to rectify or improve
Examples
6 sentencesShe has to take a remedial course in English.
deSie muss einen Angleichungskurs in Englisch belegen. — al_ex_an_der
Santiago needs to join a remedial class.
Yanni spent the rest of the year in remedial classes.
She failed the math test, so she had to take a remedial class.
I'm taking remedial English classes, and they expect me to know what "asynchronous" means.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.
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Forms
more remedial, most remedial| Comparative | more remedial Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most remedial Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- tending to cure or restore to health:curativehealingalterativesanativetherapeutic
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.