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

Designate an independent committee of the board of directors to oversee and receive reports from the teams operating the controls and the internal and external auditors and evaluators, as well as to ensure any issues identified are remediated. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

Buildings with mold must clean up or remediate the mold and remove the water or moisture that is the source of the problem, or else the mold will return. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Adjective

And as the subsequent compromise of the same Microsoft account shows, these breaches can be hard to fully remediate. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026

That framing—detect and respond, react and remediate—has defined security investment for the better part of a decade. — Michael George, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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