remediate

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verb

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 

remediated; remediating; remediates

transitive verb

: to make (something) the target of remedial action : to provide a remedy for

… the process of removing the spent fuel, draining the holding pool, remediating the site, and treating contaminated groundwater.

—Jeff Johnson

Work is underway … to remediate erosion on a 6000 foot section on the Gill bank of the Connecticut River.

—David Detmold

But here's the thing: [basketball coach John] Calipari was worried, worried enough to try all sorts of things behind the scenes to remediate his team's results at the line.

—Alexander Wolff

remediate

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adjective

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ət 

archaic

: remedial

Examples of remediate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

After the Camp fire, scientists found levels over 900 ppb, which took eight months to remediate. —Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025

Assign accountability to the right teams to remediate errors faster. —Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Adjective

The need to check for and remediate accessibility errors may be higher for e-commerce properties than other more static digital assets but the pay-off for making remediations is also more immediate and measurable. —Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Connecticut law allows cultivators to remediate flower that has failed testing if their remediation plans are approved by the Department of Consumer Protection. —David Goldburg, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1837, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1605, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remediate

• immediate
• intermediate

Legal Definition

remediate

transitive verb

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 

: to make the target of remedial action

the commissioner of environmental protection…shall conduct remedial actions necessary to remediate the pollution at or on the site

—General Statutes of Connecticut