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noun (1)

ˈkyu̇r How to pronounce cure (audio)
Definition of curenext
1
as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom

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as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer

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cure

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verb

1
as in to heal
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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curé

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noun (2)

as in curate

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Recent Examples of cure
Noun
Is this a key step toward a cure for this fatal muscle-wasting disease? — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 17 July 2026 There’s only one cure for a hot summer day in New Jersey – the beach. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
There are other medications that can help with dementia symptoms, but there aren't any current medications that cure Alzheimer's disease. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 17 July 2026 If Ibrahim had finished the antibiotics, perhaps the drugs would have cured him of the illness. — Kazeem Olawale Nasiru, NPR, 17 July 2026
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Is this a key step toward a cure for this fatal muscle-wasting disease? — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 17 July 2026 There’s only one cure for a hot summer day in New Jersey – the beach. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure
  1. antidote
  2. remedy
  3. heal
  4. rehabilitate
  5. parson
  6. solution
  7. drug
  8. alleviate
Noun
  • Guests return year on year, generation on generation, making Coral Reef Club the perfect antidote to the detached, impersonal sheen of the modern chain resort.
    — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • Could a healthy dose of hope from Andy Burnham be the antidote?
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of antidote
Noun
  • The remedy requires Google to let developers freely tell users, inside their apps, that cheaper offers exist elsewhere.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The likelier path is tummy time absorbed into a broader postural routine rather than sold as a standalone remedy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of remedy
Verb
  • For the second year in a row, this quiet Hill Country town is digging itself out of a catastrophe that has mercilessly taken a community trying to heal and set them back on the path of mourning.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • To our community, join us in taking action against gun violence and helping the victims and those affected by gun violence to heal.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of heal
Verb
  • The tax housing credits are administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and according to Abbott’s office will help rehabilitate over 4,400 affordable housing rental units.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Over the course of the project, crews will work to rehabilitate or replace 12 interchanges and 26 bridges.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of rehabilitate
Noun
  • It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.
    — Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Definition of parson
Noun
  • Every Leeds supporter will be crossing their fingers that the hierarchy prove persuasive — and that Trafford offers their club a long-term solution in goal.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Council member Chris Nettles praised the department and called for a solution in a social media statement.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of solution
Noun
  • Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Novo sues Lilly amid escalating weight-loss rivalry Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly on Tuesday, accusing the US drug giant of misleading advertising practices.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of drug
Verb
  • For some, summer heat can alleviate allergies and asthma symptoms, the network said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • The paved lot was built at the base of Fryman Canyon in 1998 to alleviate crowding and littering for wealthy Studio City neighbors whose streets were packed with cars.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
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