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remediate

/ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/

remediate verb: to correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

Verb

remediate (third-person singular simple present remediates, present participle remediating, simple past and past participle remediated)

  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
    Synonyms:
    rectify, remedy

Adjective

IPA/ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/

remediate (comparative more remediate, superlative most remediate)

  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...

Synonyms of remediate

Forms of remediate

Verb
third-person singular presentremediates
present participleremediating
past participleremediated
pastremediated
Adjective
comparativemore remediate
superlativemost remediate

Past tense of remediate: remediated

Origin of remediate

From Latin remediare.

Words formed from remediate

Questions about remediate

What does remediate mean?
Remediate means to correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
What part of speech is remediate?
Remediate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce remediate?
Remediate is pronounced /ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/.
What is the past tense of remediate?
The past tense of remediate is remediated.

Words near remediate in the dictionary

  1. remediably
  2. remedial
  3. remedially
  4. remedialness
  5. remedials
  6. remediate
  7. remediated
  8. remediates
  9. remediating
  10. remediation
  11. remediations

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