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

To remediate these issues, businesses must understand blind-spot detection. —Dewayne Hart, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

We are all focused on remediating the situation as rapidly as possible. —Greg Norman, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024

Adjective

Fraud-fighting tools and chargeback alerts can help merchants monitor, detect and remediate fraudulent activities. —Allen Kopelman, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

What’s interesting about Firefly is its ability to discover unmanaged, misconfigured, or inefficient cloud resources and automatically remediate issues in real-time. —Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1837, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1605, in the meaning defined above

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