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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
remedy
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
improve/remedy a situation
▪ They are doing what they can to improve the situation.
redress/remedy a grievanceformal (= do something to make a problem better)
▪ Governments which have not redressed genuine grievances often pay a heavy price later on.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
▪ Courts have a discretion, in special circumstances, to award an alternative remedy to damages for breach of contract.
▪ By contrast, the gross margin on an alternative remedy is typically 30 percent, Toth said.
▪ After all, some of these so-called alternative remedies have been practised successfully for hundreds of years.
▪ But it is clear that the mere existence of an alternative remedy does not oust judicial review.
▪ In practice, the preference for alternative remedies makes judicial review of little importance except in cases where there is no alternative.
▪ The alternative remedy for the purchaser is to claim damages.
▪ This principle was extended to civil servants who had the alternative remedy of taking their complaints to an industrial tribunal.
cold
▪ But Neath are backing the player's insistence that he merely took a cold remedy.
▪ About the uselessness of most of these cold remedies.
▪ Obvious examples include caffeine and ephedrine, the latter being readily available to the public in over-the-counter cold remedies.
effective
▪ This method is infinitely more economical of tubes than the classical method and seems to produce effective remedies.
▪ Thanks to stabilisers, and effective modern remedies for seasickness, real discomfort is rare.
▪ Until the late 1950s it was practically the only effective remedy for a most distressing disorder.
▪ Few other effective remedies are available to counteract these tumours.
▪ An injunction, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly popular as an effective remedy for breach of contract.
▪ The only effective remedy is to install hardened valve seats or a replacement cylinder head, both expensive options.
▪ A number of factors may make such a course an appropriate means of achieving the most effective remedy.
herbal
▪ Louisa's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies.
▪ These could include anything from acupuncture, herbal remedies and nutritional supplements to, yes, a petition to a higher power.
▪ Health Typical Geminian nervousness re-emerges this week, but can be helped with a soothing massage and herbal remedies.
▪ The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.
▪ In addition to his herbal remedies, Chris has also experienced success in treating white spot - using daphnia.
▪ And many doctors now enthusiastically prescribe the herbal remedy.
▪ Dosing Don't be tempted to overdose the fish - it's better to use less when treating with herbal remedies.
▪ At the beginning of the popular health system many people had an ambivalent attitude to traditional herbal remedies.
homoeopathic
▪ Despite these difficulties, however, a number of workers have successfully demonstrated effects of homoeopathic remedies under experimental conditions.
▪ So often we hear about a Homoeopathic remedy for colds or flu or arthritis etc.
▪ The Bach flower remedies and the homoeopathic remedies complement each other and can be used together in the same treatment plan.
▪ Studies of homoeopathic remedies in relation to prostaglandin metabolism may therefore yield interesting and fruitful results.
▪ These anomalous properties of water may turn out to be of considerable importance in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies.
▪ My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup.
▪ Any substance can be converted into a homoeopathic remedy and used in this way.
▪ There is therefore no reason to suppose that the homoeopathic remedies are any different.
natural
▪ The effects of diarrhoeal disease can be conquered with one of the simplest and cheapest natural remedies known to science.
traditional
▪ One of the traditional remedies of racehorse trainers was firing.
▪ At the beginning of the popular health system many people had an ambivalent attitude to traditional herbal remedies.
▪ Meanwhile, if you prefer, there's Nytol Herbal a traditional remedy to promote calmness and natural sleep.
▪ Although they often used traditional remedies, they also associated them with their own poverty and neglect.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
folk medicine/remedy
▪ And as in folk medicine generally, if you believe it will help, it probably will.
▪ GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I tried some herbal remedies such as drinking camomile tea, but none of them worked.
▪ If you find it hard to live on your present salary, the best remedy would be to change jobs.
▪ One remedy for racial attacks would be to educate our children more about social issues.
▪ Salt water is a good home remedy for a sore throat.
▪ The best remedy would be to install a separate meter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And many cruise fans swear by various over-the-counter remedies.
▪ However, for 14 years this government's thinking on fiscal policy has concentrated on short-term remedies.
▪ Rescission is one remedy available for misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, s1.
▪ Symbolic gestures and tokenism are inadequate remedies.
▪ The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.
▪ The descent to the Main Cliff and Upper tier remains serious, but no workable remedy has been found so far.
▪ There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.
▪ Very likely physicians would not recommend the exercise of that or of any other trade as a remedy for ill health.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
▪ For over a millennium believers have chipped off pieces in a faithful attempt to remedy their deficiencies.
defect
▪ The cost of remedying the defect is economic loss and neither party owes a duty of care to P2 in that respect.
▪ Are you puzzled by the fact that Congress does little to remedy those defects in the bureaucracy against which it constantly rails?
▪ The new law remedies this defect, to a certain extent.
▪ To remedy these defects a new student management system was designed and introduced in stages from 1980-81.
▪ Those ordinances and Cromwell's later reforms of 1539-40 attempted to remedy the defects.
deficiency
▪ Many provisions of the Sale of Goods Act were designed to remedy such deficiencies in the contract.
▪ Congress should remedy both of those deficiencies.
▪ Attempts to remedy the deficiencies in these statistics suffer from a number of problems and difficulties themselves.
▪ For over a millennium believers have chipped off pieces in a faithful attempt to remedy their deficiencies.
▪ Are there adequate and appropriate resources to remedy any deficiencies which are exposed?
▪ The research to be undertaken will attempt to remedy this deficiency.
▪ Processes were scrutinized to remedy deficiencies internal to physical geography.
▪ The inevitable reduction in the amount of time likely to be given to singing challenges the Church to remedy this deficiency.
problem
▪ Some of its politicians were backward-looking in that their major objectives were to remedy inter-war problems.
▪ Sound organizational training is designed to remedy a specific performance problem or knowledge discrepancy.
▪ Deals seem to promise to remedy several sets of problems.
▪ Legislators are the elected officials who pass laws or amend existing ones in order to remedy problems or to promote certain activities.
▪ The description should outline the steps taken to remedy the reported problem, or indicate how the suggestion was handled.
▪ Let us begin to look at what is being done to remedy these problems.
▪ Three general principles can be applied to remedy either of these problems, any one of which will work alone.
situation
▪ Should not the Government act with similar urgency to remedy that situation?
▪ To remedy the situation, the water must be heavily chlorinated.
▪ It appears that a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep can remedy the situation.
▪ Two courses of action to remedy the situation are therefore being attempted.
▪ Please could you look into this matter and see what can be done to remedy the situation.
▪ Many tried and failed to introduce legislation to remedy the situation.
▪ If your tap water is of doubtful quality then you must be prepared to remedy the situation or use rain water instead.
▪ Companies in this situation have been quick to remedy the situation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Equal rights for women were necessary to remedy the injustices done to them over the centuries.
▪ There have been several tragic rail accidents. The government must act quickly to remedy this situation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A proper footpath could remedy this because users would be more likely to keep to it.
▪ Many tried and failed to introduce legislation to remedy the situation.
▪ Not until the years of fast industrialization and construction were these defects to be remedied.
▪ The only remedy for an impaired water heater is to replace it.
▪ These kinds of organizations attempt to remedy a history of deception with even more deception, fooling no one but themselves.
▪ This is easily remedied, but a new olive may be required.
▪ Transportation experts are the best judges of how to remedy the traffic dislocation growing out of the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remedy

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem['e]dier. See Remedy, n.] To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

I will remedy this gear ere long.
--Shak.

Remedy

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]

  1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

  2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.

    What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
    --Milton.

  3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

    Civil remedy. See under Civil.

    Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance.

    Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
remedy

c.1200, "cure for a disease or disorder; means of counteracting an evil," from Anglo-French remedie, Old French remede "remedy, cure" (12c., Modern French remède) and directly from Latin remedium "a cure, remedy, medicine, antidote, that which restores health," from re-, intensive prefix (or perhaps literally, "again;" see re-), + mederi "to heal" (see medical (adj.)). Figurative use from c.1300.

remedy

c.1400, from Old French remedier or directly from Latin remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)). Related: Remedied; remedying.

Wiktionary
remedy

n. 1 Something that corrects or counteracts. 2 (context legal English) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 3 A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. vb. (context transitive English) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

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WordNet
remedy

  1. n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: redress, remediation]

  2. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: curative, cure]

  3. v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, repair, amend]

  4. provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: relieve]

Wikipedia
Remedy

Remedy, Remedies, The Remedy or Remediation may refer to:

Remedy (Basement Jaxx album)

Remedy is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released in May 1999 by record label XL.

The album was very well-received critically, and reached number 4 in the UK albums chart. Four singles were released from the album: " Red Alert", " Rendez-Vu", " Jump n' Shout" and " Bingo Bango".

Remedy (rapper)

Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972 in Staten Island, New York) is an emcee and hip-hop producer. He is known for being the first white rapper and the first Jewish rapper to be affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. He owns and runs Code Red Entertainment, his label which released Cappadonna's "The Struggle" album. He also served as executive producer on Inspectah Deck's album '"Manifesto". He has forged enduring ties with the clan, coming from Staten Island and having always lived and worked there. Remedy has produced and been featured on various works for ESPN over the past years. He recently released his return mixtape/street album entitled It All Comes Down to This. He is the Co-Executive producer of the "Wu-Tang Killa Bees: Return Of The Swarm" album. He is preparing to release a new full album after years of production and administrative work.

Remedy (David Crowder Band album)

Remedy is the fourth full-length studio album and seventh overall by David Crowder Band, released on September 25, 2007 through sixstepsrecords. A limited edition of the album including a bonus DVD of live performances was released on April 29, 2008.

Remedy (Little Boots song)

"Remedy" is a song by English recording artist Little Boots from her debut studio album, Hands (2009). Written by Little Boots and RedOne, the song was released as the album's second single on 17 August 2009 in the United Kingdom, becoming her most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. A remix EP of the song was also made available on the US iTunes Store on 8 December 2009.

Remedy (film)

Remedy is an American 2005 crime drama directed by Christian Maelen and written by Sandy Eiges, Nicholas Reiner, and Charlotte Wise. The film stars Maelen, Arthur Nascarella, Jon Doscher, Frank Vincent, Vincent Pastore, and Chuck Zito.

Remedy (The Red One)

Remedy (The Red One) is the third studio album from Christian rock band Remedy Drive and second self-titled album (it was originally released under the moniker of Remedy; later pressings of the album have altered to say Remedy Drive).

Remedy (Professor Green song)

"Remedy" is a song by British rapper Professor Green, taken from his second studio album, At Your Inconvenience. The track features vocals from Irish singer-songwriter Ruth-Anne Cunningham. The track serves as the album's third official single, and was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2012. For its single release, the track has been heavily remixed by TMS, completely changing the backing instrumental, for a heavier, club sound.

Remedy (Seether song)

"Remedy" is a song by post-grunge and alternative metal band Seether. It is the second track on their album Karma and Effect, and became their first single to hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, dropping and regaining the spot for a total of 8 weeks at #1.

The music video, directed by Dean Karr, features the band playing on the deck of a ship that appears to have run aground with fans who were selected via a contest on the band's website to appear in the shallow water below. Interspersed are shots of singer Shaun Morgan dressed up as an evil carnival barker taking a group of people on "the world's most terrifying ride".

Remedy (The Black Crowes song)

"Remedy" is the second track by The Black Crowes from their second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. It reached #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1992 and stayed at number 1 for 11 weeks. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number 48. It also reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's highest charting single in the UK. The song can be heard on the fictional radio station " Liberty Rock Radio 97.8" in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The song was also used in commercials promoting the ESPN series Tilt. It is also used as the theme song for the Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show on Sirius XM Radio. The key riff of the song is lifted from the vocal chant which runs through the first half of Parliament's "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" from the 1975 album Mothership Connection.

Remedy (Crookers song)

"Remedy" is a song performed by Italian DJ duo Crookers featuring Swedish band Miike Snow. It was released on 19 February 2010 as the third single from Crookers' album Tons of Friends (2010).

Remedy (TV series)

Remedy is a Canadian medical drama series which premiered on Global on February 24, 2014.

The series stars Dillon Casey as Griffin Conner, a medical school dropout working as an orderly at the fictional Bethune General Hospital in Toronto, where his father Allen ( Enrico Colantoni) is the chief of medical staff. The cast also includes Genelle Williams, Sara Canning, Sarah Allen, Patrick McKenna, Catherine Disher, Matt Ward, and Martha Burns.

The series is produced by Indian Grove Productions. Production and casting were announced in fall 2013. On May 1, 2014 Global announced that Remedy had been renewed for a 10 episode second season. Filming for the second season began September 15, 2014 and is set to premiere on March 23, 2015. The trailer for season 2 was premiered on ET Canada's New Year's Eve @ Niagara Falls show, introduced by new cast member Niall Matter. On May 22, 2015 show creator, Greg Spottiswood, tweeted that Global had cancelled Remedy.

Remedy (Old Crow Medicine Show album)

Remedy is the ninth studio album by folk, country and old time music band, Old Crow Medicine Show. The album, produced by Ted Hutt, was released on July 1, 2014. It won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.

Remedy (Adele song)

"Remedy" is a song recorded by English singer and songwriter Adele for her third studio album 25 (2015). The song was written by Adele Adkins and Ryan Tedder, while production of the song was provided by the latter. Lyrically, the track is about the singer's best friend, her grandparents, her boyfriend, and her son. Musically, the song is a pop ballad. "Remedy" received positive reviews from critics, with some describing it as an earnest expression of devotion.

The song peaked at number 30 on the Finland Chart and number 30 on the Switzerland Chart. It also charted in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Scotland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Usage examples of "remedy".

Hotel, and has been attended by the most happy results, yet the cases have presented so great a diversity of abnormal features, and have required so many variations in the course of treatment, to be met successfully, that we frankly acknowledge our inability to so instruct the unprofessional reader as to enable him to detect the various systemic faults common to this ever-varying disease, and adjust remedies to them, so as to make the treatment uniformly successful.

In the left-hand column is a list of diseases beginning with acidosis and running through neurosis and on to ulcers, and in the right-hand column are lists of wines that will remedy the diseases on the left.

Assisted by a number of other persons in good health, he experimented on the effects of cinchona, aconite, sulphur, arnica, and the other most highly extolled remedies.

Incidentally, as a quaint but effective remedy for carious toothache, may be mentioned the common lady bird insect, Coccinella, which when captured secretes from its legs a yellow acrid fluid having a disagreeable odour.

The only difference between the schools is in the remedies employed, the size of dose administered, and the results attained.

Catarrh Remedy administered preferably by means of the post-nasal syringe as illustrated in Fig.

The Catarrh Remedy may be administered by means of the Nasal Douche, if the case is complicated by nasal catarrh.

The causes, if they can be determined, should be removed, and those remedies administered which relieve nervous irritability and cerebral congestion.

The relief of the stricture by our new and painless method was followed by very great improvement in his condition, after which appropriate remedies for the rheumatism were administered, and the result was a very gratifying and satisfactory relief from his difficulty.

To prevent such a consummation, in conclusion, he urged the necessity of redressing the grievances, and of adopting some remedy to the deplorable distresses under which the Irish people were groaning.

It is very necessary to discriminate between these diseases, as the appropriate remedies of the latter will often only aggravate and augment the former.

In fact, an aggravation of the symptoms is evidence that the right remedy has been selected and is at work.

In my humble opinion the ordinary method of agitating by way of petitions, deputations and the like is no remedy for moving to repentence a Government so hopelessly indifferent to the welfare of its charges as the Government of India has proved to me.

FDA falling down on the job when it came to safeguarding the purity of whatever remedy the ailment of the moment demanded.

Other tissue-salts may be needed to deal with individual symptoms but the above are the most frequently needed remedies for ailments of a truly nervous character.