Remedial

  • 11remedial — re|me|di|al [rıˈmi:diəl] adj 1.) remedial course/class/teacher etc a special course etc that helps students who have difficulty learning something 2.) intended to improve something that is wrong ▪ Some remedial work needs to be done on the… …

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  • 12remedial — re|me|di|al [ rı midiəl ] adjective 1. ) intended to help people who have difficulty learning the basic skills of reading, writing, etc.: a remedial class/course/teacher 2. ) intended to improve or correct something: Remedial action must be taken …

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  • 13remedial — UK [rɪˈmiːdɪəl] / US [rɪˈmɪdɪəl] adjective 1) intended to improve or correct something Remedial action must be taken for the protection of public health. 2) intended to help people who have difficulty learning the basic skills of reading, writing …

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  • 14remedial — remedially, adv. /ri mee dee euhl/, adj. 1. affording remedy; tending to remedy something. 2. intended to correct or improve one s skill in a specified field: remedial math. [1645 55; < LL remedialis. See REMEDY, AL1] Syn. 2. corrective. * * * …

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  • 15remedial — Curative or acting as a remedy. * * * re·me·di·al ri mēd ē əl adj affording a remedy: intended as a remedy &LT;remedial surgery&GT; re·me·di·al·ly ē adv …

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  • 16remedial — adj. Remedial is used with these nouns: ↑action, ↑class, ↑course, ↑education, ↑measure, ↑work …

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  • 17remedial —    applicable to the dull, the lazy, and the badly taught    Literally, helping to cure something, but not, in common educational jargon, used to describe special instruction to overcome a specific weakness in an otherwise normal child:     ...&#8230; …

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  • 18remedial — re•me•di•al [[t]rɪˈmi di əl[/t]] adj. 1) affording remedy 2) intended to improve poor skills in a specified field: remedial reading[/ex] • Etymology: 1645–55; &LT; LL remediālis. See remedy, al I re•me′di•al•ly, adv …

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  • 19remedial — adj. 1 affording or intended as a remedy (remedial therapy). 2 (of teaching) for slow or backward children. Derivatives: remedially adv. Etymology: LL remedialis f. L remedium (as REMEDY) …

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  • 20remedial statute — noun correction, corrective measure, cure, legislative cure, legislative redress, rectification, relief, remedial measure, remedy associated concepts: remedial act, remedial action, remedial cases, remedial legislation, remedial right, remedial&#8230; …

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