GDict

curative

'kjurәtiv6 senses · 116 ms
Level C2CET-6
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adj/ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/
  1. 1

    Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

    • The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.
  2. 2

    Remediative.broadlyfiguratively

    • a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
noun/ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/
  1. 1

    A substance that acts as a cure.

adj/ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/
  1. 1

    of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"not-comparable

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