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remedial

/ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
re-me-di-al
IPA
/ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

curative; providing a remedy

adj

intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

noun

A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/

Inflected Forms

more remedial (comparative) most remedial (superlative) remedials (plural)

Derived Forms

bioremedial nonremedial phytoremedial postremedial remedially remedialness

Frequently Paired Words

remediable remediation remedy

Synonyms

curative healing alterative sanative therapeutic

Rhymes With

medial ventromedial dorsomedial anteromedial posteromedial praedial predial stapedial submedial intermedial bimedial superomedial

Questions

How do you pronounce remedial?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/.
What does remedial mean?
curative; providing a remedy
Where does remedial come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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