What does "remediate" mean?

To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

How do you pronounce "remediate"?

Pronounced //ɹəˈmiːdieɪt//.

Common synonyms include: address reading difficulty, amend, decontaminate, disinfects, improve ecological state, overcome.

/ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/ adj, verb

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Verb

1
To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem). transitive
"Network Rail's busy Easter included a ten-day closure of the main trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds, for work to install a new bridge deck at Huddersfield, remediate mining works at Ravensthorpe and Huddersfield, and to lay new track at Deighton and Mirfield."
2
set straight or right wordnet

Adjective

1
Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject. archaic, rare
2
Remedial. obsolete
"Be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!"

"We should discover the proper way to remediate the effects of greenhouse gases."

From Latin remediare.