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remedy

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛmədi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɛmɪdi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rem′i dē)

Inflections of 'remedy' (n): npl: remedies
Inflections of 'remedy' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
remedies
v 3rd person singular
remedying
v pres p
remedied
v past
remedied
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rem•e•dy /ˈrɛmɪdi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Medicinesomething, as a medicine, that cures or relieves a disease or anything wrong with the body.
  2. something that corrects or removes an evil, error, or undesirable condition.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Medicineto cure or relieve:to remedy an illness.
  2. to restore to the proper condition;
    put right:to remedy a problem.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rem•e•dy  (rem′i dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. 
  1. Medicinesomething that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder;
    a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
  2. something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
  3. Lawlegal redress;
    the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
  4. Currency[Coinage.]a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins;
    tolerance.

v.t. 
  1. Medicineto cure, relieve, or heal.
  2. to restore to the natural or proper condition;
    put right:to remedy a matter.
  3. to counteract or remove:to remedy an evil.
  • Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium
  • Middle French remedier)
  • Latin remedium, equivalent. to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (compare medical) + -ium -ium; (verb, verbal) late Middle English remedien (
  • Anglo-French
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English remedie 1175–1225
    1. cure, restorative, specific, medicament, medication. 2. corrective, antidote. 5. See cure. 6. repair, correct, redress, renew.
    5. worsen.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
remedy /ˈrɛmɪdɪ/ n ( pl -dies)
  1. usually followed by for or against: any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
  2. usually followed by for or against: anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes
  3. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
 vb (transitive)
  1. to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
  2. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medicalremediable /rɪˈmiːdɪəbəl/ adj reˈmediably adv ˈremediless adj ˈremedilessly adv ˈremedilessness n
'remedy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: prescribe a [cold, flu, cough, fever] remedy, [therapeutic, medical, herbal, pharmaceutical, prescription, home] remedies, remedies for [headaches, aches, pains, migraines], more...

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