🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

remediação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: he-me-dja-sãw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Remediation/rɪˌmiː.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O plano de remediação do solo foi aprovado pelas autoridades."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of remedying something, especially of reversing or stopping environmental damage.

    "The project focuses on the soil remediation of contaminated industrial sites."
  2. 2

    The provision of a remedy or basic educational support for students who are experiencing learning difficulties.

    "Early math remediation helped struggling students catch up with their peers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin remediatio, stemming from remedium (cure, remedy), composed of re- (again, back) and mederi (to heal, cure). The term historically evolved from medical contexts of healing into administrative, environmental, and educational domains to signify the act of correcting or remedying a fault or deficiency.

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