remedial C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/ UK /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/ See IPA manual Freq #35766 Meanings 1 adj Intended to help students improve skills they are weak in. She joined a remedial reading course to catch up with the class. 2 adj Intended to correct or fix a problem. The engineers carried out remedial work on the cracked bridge. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms bioremedialnonremedialphytoremedialpostremedialremediallyremedialness Related forms remediableremediationremedy Common collocations remedial education Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al. remediālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # remedial **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/ **Frequency rank:** 35766 ## Meanings 1. Intended to help students improve skills they are weak in. 2. Intended to correct or fix a problem. ## Examples - She joined a remedial reading course to catch up with the class. - The engineers carried out remedial work on the cracked bridge. ## Derived Forms - bioremedial - nonremedial - phytoremedial - postremedial - remedially - remedialness ## Related Forms - remediable - remediation - remedy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: remediālis ## Etymology From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al. ## AI Etymology Remedial is from Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean intended to help students improve skills they are weak in, or intended to correct or fix a problem. Related forms include remediable, remediation, remedy. Derived formations include bioremedial, nonremedial, phytoremedial, postremedial, remedially. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown