1. To correct a problem or reduce its harmful effects.
2. A way of putting a problem right or reducing its harm.
3. A treatment intended to relieve an illness, symptom, or discomfort.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- remedy a defect
- remedy a situation
On the page
The new procedure remedied the delay without changing the eligibility rules.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- remedy
- Past tense
- remedied
- Past participle
- remedied
- Present participle
- remedying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- remedy
- Present continuous
- am/is/are remedying
- Present perfect
- have/has remedied
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been remedying
- Past
- remedied
- Past continuous
- was/were remedying
- Past perfect
- had remedied
- Past perfect continuous
- had been remedying
- Future
- will remedy
- Future continuous
- will be remedying
- Future perfect
- will have remedied
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been remedying
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: remedy; remedies; remedied; remedied; remedying. Noun singular remedy; plural remedies.. Noun singular remedy; plural remedies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: remedies.
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