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- [kyoo-rey, kyoo r-ey; French ky-rey]
- /kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ; French küˈreɪ/
- /kjʊə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kyoo-rey, kyoo r-ey; French ky-rey]
- /kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ; French küˈreɪ/
Definitions of cure word
- verb cure If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear. 3
- verb cure If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury. 3
- countable noun cure A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness. 3
- verb cure If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end. 3
- countable noun cure A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end. 3
- verb cure If an action or event cures someone of a habit or an attitude, it makes them stop having it. 3
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Origin of cure
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; < French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate
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Parts of speech for Cure
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cure popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cure usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cure
noun cure
- minister — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- confessor — A confessor is a priest who hears a person's confession.
- pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- preacher — a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
verb cure
- heal — to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- treat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
adjective cure
- scrubby — low or stunted, as trees.
- worse for wear — (Idiomatic) in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- tatty — cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
Antonyms for cure
noun cure
- mother — parent
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
verb cure
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
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