remedy
verb/ˈremədi/
/ˈremədi/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they remedy | /ˈremədi/ /ˈremədi/ |
| he / she / it remedies | /ˈremədiz/ /ˈremədiz/ |
| past simple remedied | /ˈremədid/ /ˈremədid/ |
| past participle remedied | /ˈremədid/ /ˈremədid/ |
| -ing form remedying | /ˈremədiɪŋ/ /ˈremədiɪŋ/ |
- remedy something to correct or improve something synonym right (5)
- to remedy a problem
- This situation is easily remedied.
Extra Examples- The government should have taken steps to remedy the situation.
- This could easily be remedied if the authorities were willing.
- He hadn't made a very good impression, but that could easily be remedied.
- I tried my best to remedy the situation.
- It is up to politicians to remedy defects in the existing political system.
- The 1997 law was intended to remedy the deficiencies in the previous law.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- attempt to
- seek to
- take steps to
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.
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