- remedy
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 treatment/medicineADJECTIVE▪ effective, good▪ common, popular▪
Ginger is a popular remedy for morning sickness.
▪ traditional▪ ancient, old▪ folk▪ home▪ alternative, herbal, homeopathic, natural▪ over-the-counter▪ cold, cough, hangover▪The player insists that he merely took a cold remedy and not a banned substance.
… OF REMEDY▪ dose▪One dose of the remedy is sufficient.
VERB + REMEDY▪ take, use▪ need▪ try▪ give sb▪The remedy was given in different strengths to a group of volunteers.
▪ prescribe (sb)▪ prepare▪The remedies are all prepared from wild flowers.
▪ find▪They're hoping to find a remedy for the condition.
REMEDY + VERB▪ be available▪ work▪She tried various remedies, but none of them worked.
PREPOSITION▪ remedy for▪He took a herbal remedy for his hay fever.
2 way of dealing with a problemADJECTIVE▪ adequate, effective, good▪Your best remedy is to go to the small claims court.
▪ appropriate, proper, suitable▪ easy, simple▪There's no easy remedy for unemployment.
▪ common, usual▪ desperate, drastic▪ proposed▪ judicialVERB + REMEDY▪ have▪ pursue, seek▪They will have to seek a judicial remedy for breach of contract.
▪ find▪ resort to▪Desperate remedies were resorted to in the search for food.
▪ exhaust▪They advised him to exhaust all other remedies before applying to court.
▪ offer▪ propose, suggest▪ afford (sb), grant sb, provide (sb with) (all law, esp. BrE)▪remedies afforded to creditors by a bankruptcy order
REMEDY + VERB▪ be available▪ lie in sth▪When the reservoir becomes blocked, the only remedy lies in cleaning the entire system.
PREPOSITION▪ remedy against▪The agreement states that he has a remedy against the subcontractor.
▪ remedy for▪remedies for breach of contract
▪ remedy in▪You have a remedy in civil law.
PHRASES▪ rights and remedies (BrE, law)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The Act created rights and remedies for consumers.
verbADVERB▪ easily▪This could easily be remedied if the authorities were willing.
VERB + REMEDY▪ attempt to, seek to, take steps to, try to▪The government should have taken steps to remedy the situation.
Remedy is used with these nouns as the object: ↑breach, ↑defect, ↑deficiency, ↑grievance, ↑injustice, ↑omission, ↑problem, ↑shortcoming, ↑situation
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
