remediate

English

Etymology

From Latin remediare.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/, /ɹɪˈmiːdieɪt/

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• Adjective:
  • IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/ (RP)

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  • IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmiːdi.ət/, /ɹɪˈmiːdi.ət/ (US)

Verb

remediate (third-person singular simple present remediates, present participle remediating, simple past and past participle remediated)

1. (transitive) To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
   • 2024 April 17, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Easter buses as NR engages in 493 engineering projects”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 21, photo caption:

     Network Rail's busy Easter included a ten-day closure of the main trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds, for work to install a new bridge deck at Huddersfield, remediate mining works at Ravensthorpe and Huddersfield, and to lay new track at Deighton and Mirfield.

Synonyms

• (correct a deficiency): rectify, remedy

Derived terms

• remediation

Adjective

remediate (comparative more remediate, superlative most remediate)

1. (rare, archaic, education) Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.
2. (obsolete) Remedial.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     Be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

Synonyms

• remedial

Spanish

Verb

remediate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of remediar combined with te