cure

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noun

1 medicine/treatment that can cure an illness

ADJECTIVE

▪ effective, instant, miracle, wonder

▪

There is no instant cure for this condition.

▪ rest

▪

His new job was almost a rest cure after the stresses of the army.

▪ possible, potential

▪ cancer

▪ hangover

VERB + CURE

▪ have

▪

If the disease is detected early, it has a cure.

▪ look for, seek

▪ develop, discover, find

CURE + VERB

▪ work

▪

The cure works by boosting the body's immune system.

PREPOSITION

▪ cure for

▪

scientists seeking a cure for AIDS

▪ cure from

▪

He was hoping for a cure from his debilitating illness.

PHRASES

▪ prevention is better than cure

▪

Prevention is better than cure, so start taking care of yourself.

▪ the search for a cure

▪

the search for a cure for the common cold

▪ there is a cure (for sth), there is no cure (for sth)

▪

There is no known cure for the disease.

2 return to good health

ADJECTIVE

▪ miraculous

▪ complete, permanent

VERB + CURE

▪ bring about, effect, provide

▪

These drugs can sometimes effect miraculous cures.

▪

Science cannot provide a cure for all the world's problems. (figurative)

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verb

ADVERB

▪ completely

▪ miraculously

▪

She still believed that somehow she could be miraculously cured.

PREPOSITION

▪ of

▪

He was now completely cured of his illness.

Cure is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑drug

Cure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acne, ↑addiction, ↑ailment, ↑bacon, ↑blues, ↑cancer, ↑defect, ↑disease, ↑illness, ↑impotence, ↑problem, ↑shyness, ↑sick, ↑sickness, ↑skin