Definition of remedial
1 : intended as a remedy
2 : concerned with the correction of faulty study habits and the raising of a pupil's general competence remedial reading courses; also : receiving or requiring remedial instruction remedial students
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Examples of remedial in a Sentence
Officials have pledged remedial action to repair damaged bridges.
Thirty percent of the new students need remedial classes in math.
He's taking a course in remedial reading.
Recent Examples of remedial from the Web
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Pooler, who once taught remedial math in Local 98’s apprentice-training program, was part of the charter’s founding coalition with Dougherty, Neill, and Erin Dougherty.
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This remedial understanding of my sexuality fails to understand bisexuality's fluidity and complexity.
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The debate over whether Trump is playing three-dimensional chess or remedial checkers rages on.
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Lozier said the percentage of U46 graduates taking remedial courses in public colleges and universities is above the state average of 49 percent.
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PERA reform: Vincent Carroll, the former Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News editorial page editor, wrote that the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association urgently needs remedial action — and this time, half-measures won’t do.
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Aisha Alhassan, minister of women’s affairs and social development, said Tuesday that the women will attend months of remedial studies.
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After graduating from Bulkeley in 1992, Turner went on to the University of Hartford for her bachelor's degree in elementary education and later earned her master's in remedial reading and language arts from Central Connecticut State University.
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And the share of graduates who enroll in remedial classes at two-year colleges has declined, from 58 percent in 2008 to 50 percent in 2015.
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First Known Use of remedial
1651
Other Education Terms
REMEDIAL Defined for English Language Learners
remedial
playDefinition of remedial for English Language Learners
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: done to correct or improve something : done to make something better
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: done to cure or treat someone
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: involving students who need special help to improve in a particular subject
REMEDIAL Defined for Kids
remedial
playDefinition of remedial for Students
: intended to make something better He takes classes in remedial reading.
Medical Dictionary
Law Dictionary
remedial
playLegal Definition of remedial
1a : intended as or providing a remedy b : concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior a workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctor a remedial statute correcting the previous law
2 : of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right : procedural
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