Remedial — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

tending or intended to rectify or improve

tending to cure or restore to health

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻmˈiːdɪəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪmˈiːdɪəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪmˈiːdɪəl/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻmˈiːdɪəl/.

Examples

a remedial reading course
remedial education
curative powers of herbal remedies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

alterative curative sanative therapeutic healing

Parts of Speech

adjective	tending or intended to rectify or improve “a remedial reading course”
adjective	tending to cure or restore to health “curative powers of herbal remedies”

Word Forms

remedy	noun	act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
cure	verb	provide a cure for, make healthy again

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abhilfe

bezwecken oder beabsichtigen, Abhilfe zu schaffen oder zu verbessern

🇫🇷French

correctif

tendant ou destiné à rectifier ou à améliorer

🇪🇸Spanish

remediador

tendiente o destinado a rectificar o mejorar

🇮🇹Italian

riparativo

tendente o destinato a rettificare o migliorare

🇳🇱Dutch

remedie

gericht of bedoeld om te corrigeren of te verbeteren

🇵🇹Portuguese

corretivo

tendendo ou pretendendo corrigir ou melhorar

🇷🇺Russian

исправительный

стремится или предназначен для исправления или улучшения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उपचारात्मक

सुधारने या सुधारने की प्रवृत्ति या इरादा

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিকারমূলক

প্রবণতা বা সংশোধন বা উন্নতির উদ্দেশ্যে

🇮🇳Tamil

பரிகாரம்

முனைதல் அல்லது சரிசெய்ய அல்லது மேம்படுத்த நோக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

నివారణ

మొగ్గు చూపడం లేదా సరిదిద్దడానికి లేదా మెరుగుపరచడానికి ఉద్దేశించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

उपचारात्मक

प्रवृत्ती किंवा सुधारणे किंवा सुधारण्याचा हेतू

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉપચારાત્મક

ટેન્ડિંગ અથવા સુધારવા અથવા સુધારવાનો હેતુ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಹಾರ

ಒಲವು ಅಥವಾ ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ಸುಧಾರಿಸಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രതിവിധി

ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശരിയാക്കാനോ മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്താനോ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਪਚਾਰਕ

ਸੰਭਾਲਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਧਾਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਧਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਇਰਾਦਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

علاج

توجہ دینا یا اصلاح یا بہتر کرنے کا ارادہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

补救的

倾向于或打算纠正或改进

🇯🇵Japanese

救済的な

修正または改善する傾向がある、または修正または改善することを意図している

🇰🇷Korean

교정

교정 또는 개선하려는 경향이 있거나 의도된 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khắc phục

có xu hướng hoặc dự định khắc phục hoặc cải thiện

🇹🇭Thai

การแก้ไข

การดูแลหรือตั้งใจที่จะแก้ไขหรือปรับปรุง

🇮🇩Indonesian

perbaikan

cenderung atau dimaksudkan untuk memperbaiki atau meningkatkan

🇲🇾Malay

pemulihan

merawat atau bertujuan untuk membetulkan atau menambah baik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

علاجي

تميل أو تهدف إلى التصحيح أو التحسين

🇮🇷Persian

اصلاحی

تمایل یا قصد اصلاح یا بهبود دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

iyileştirici

düzeltme veya iyileştirme eğiliminde olan veya amaçlayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְרַפֵּא

נוטה או נועד לתקן או לשפר

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