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How to pronounce remedial in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms alterative, curative, healing, sanative, therapeutic
Derivation remedy


remedial surgery.
Type Words
Derivation remedy


a remedial reading course.
remedial education.

Examples of remedial

remedial
Unencumbered by competing missions, they can focus on the remedial task at hand.
From the sacbee.com
I came here and got into the remedial education program before my freshman year.
From the washingtonpost.com
For those with a history of bouncing checks, some banks offer remedial accounts.
From the buffalonews.com
But UK Athletics'head coach Peter Eriksson has already promised remedial action.
From the independent.co.uk
The proportion of students requiring remedial help in 2008 fell in each subject.
From the kentucky.com
Of the 946 students, nearly 69 percent were taking at least one remedial class.
From the denverpost.com
When she took college entrance exams, she found she needed to take remedial math.
From the delawareonline.com
To qualify, participants must pass a basic skills test or take remedial training.
From the freep.com
In grade school, I had remedial reading classes, and I was afraid of the world.
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More examples
  • Tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education"
  • Curative: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
  • (remediation) redress: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  • A home remedy is a treatment to cure a disease or ailment that employs certain spices, vegetables, or other common items. ...
  • (Remediation (Marxist theory)) Mediation in Marxist theory refers to the reconciliation of two opposing forces within a given society (i.e. the cultural and material realms, or the superstructure and base) by a mediating object. ...
  • (remediation) An action taken to remedy a situation
  • (Remediation) Cleanup or other methods used to remove or contain a toxic spill or hazardous materials from a site.
  • (Remediation) Process by which an individual receives instruction and practice in skills that are weak or nonexistent in an effort to develop/strengthen these skills.
  • Environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from the environment that have affected the soil, groundwater or surface water, for the general protection of human health and the environment.