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Remedial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Supplying a remedy.

adj. Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in a specific subject: remedial reading.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. curative; providing a remedy

adj. intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy or for the removal of an evil: as, to adopt remedial measures.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. tending to cure or restore to health

adj. tending or intended to rectify or improve

Word Usage

"In our classrooms, workshops, and research studies, we find that teachers often feel unprepared to address the instructional needs of students with language, reading, and writing problems, although these groups compose the large majority of those in remedial and special education ..."

Equivalent

healthful bettering

Cross Reference

remedial statutes

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

reparative curative

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

medial

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

corrective therapeutic curative preventive disciplinary hygienic drastic repressive precautionary assuasive