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remediate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈmiːdi.ət/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹəˈmiːdi.ət/
  • /ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/

Etymology

From Latin remediare.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, rare) Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.
  2. (obsolete) Remedial.
    • Be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress! c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more remediate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most remediate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

remedial

remediate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈmiːdieɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/

Etymology

From Latin remediare.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
    • Network Rail's busy Easter included a ten-day closure of the main trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds, for work to install a new bridge deck at Huddersfield, remediate mining works at Ravensthorpe and Huddersfield, and to lay new track at Deighton and Mirfield. 2024 April 17, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Easter buses as NR engages in 493 engineering projects”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 21, photo caption:

Forms

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remediating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remediated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remediated Tense=Past lexicographic
remediates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

mycoremediate · remediation · phytoremediate · remediator

Synonyms

rectify (correct a deficiency) · remedy (correct a deficiency)

Translations (1)

es remediar (Translations)