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noun /kjʊr/
1
a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away.
something (such as a drug or medical treatment) that stops a disease and makes someone healthy again.
a medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness.
something that makes someone with an illness healthy again.
a medicine or treatment that makes someone who is ill become healthy.
A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness.
cure for
There is still no cure for AIDS.
The disease has no cure. [=the disease cannot be cured; the disease is incurable].
- often + for
There is no cure for the common cold.
The drug was sold as a cure for a variety of ailments. [ailment = /'elmənt/ noun, an illness that is not very serious]
the search for a cure for cancer.
There is no known cure but the illness can be treated.
The only real cure is rest.
There's still no cure for cancer.
There is no known cure for this disease (= a cure has not yet been found).
Doctors say there are several possible cures for the disease.
There’s no cure for diabetes but the symptoms can be managed. [diabetes = /ˌdaɪə'bitiz/ noun, a serious disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood]
miracle cure (=an easy solution that works immediately) [miracle = /'mɪrəkl/ noun, 1). something very lucky or very good that happens which you did not expect to happen or did not think was possible. 2). an action or event believed to be caused by God, which is impossible according to the ordinary laws of nature]
Tax cuts are not the miracle cure the Right seems to think.
There is still no cure for a cold.
Atkinson has been told rest is the only cure for his ankle injury.
2
something that solves a problem, or improves a bad situation. → solution
something that ends a problem or improves a bad situation : ↑SOLUTION
something that will solve a problem, improve a bad situation, etc.
a solution to a problem.
A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end.
cure for
There is no easy cure for loneliness /'lonlɪnɪs/.
This is a problem that has no easy cure.
- often + for
The highway construction program was presented as a cure for unemployment.
Exercise is a good cure for stress.
a cure for poverty.
The best cure for boredom is hard work! [boredom = /'bɔrdəm/ noun, the feeling you have when you are bored, or the quality of being boring]
It’s the only possible cure for our chronic trade deficit. [chronic = /'krɑnɪk/ adjective, 2). a chronic problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved. 4). (British English informal) extremely bad] [deficit = /'dɛfəsɪt/ noun, the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need → shortfall] [shortfall = /'ʃɔrtfɔl/ noun, the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect → deficit]
Punishment can never be an effective cure for acute social problems.
The magic cure for inflation does not exist.
3
the act of making someone well again after an illness.
the act of making someone healthy again after an illness.
the act of curing sb of an illness or the process of being cured.
The new treatment effected a miraculous cure. [miraculous = /mɪ'rækjələs/ adjective, 1). very good, completely unexpected, and often very lucky. 2). a miraculous action or event is believed to be caused by God, and is impossible according to the ordinary laws of nature]
The doctors were unable to effect a cure because the disease had spread too far.
Doctors cannot effect a cure if the disease has spread too far.
The cure took six weeks.
verb /kjʊr/
1
to make an illness or medical condition go away.
to stop (a disease) by using drugs or other medical treatments.
to make an illness go away.
to make someone with an illness healthy again.
to stop an illness from affecting someone.
If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
Many types of cancer can now be cured.
an operation that can cure short-sightedness in 15 minutes
Doctors cured his disease.
The infection can be cured with antibiotics /ˌæntɪbaɪ'ɑtɪk/.
TB is a serious illness, but it can be cured.
At one time the doctors couldn't cure TB/cure people of TB.
Many formerly fatal diseases can now be cured.
An operation finally cured his shin injury. [shin = /ʃɪn/ noun, the front part of your leg between your knee and your foot]
Her cancer can only be controlled, not cured.
2
to make someone well again after they have been ill. → heal [heal = /hil/ verb, to make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer → cure]
to make (someone) healthy again after an illness.
to make a person or an animal healthy again after an illness.
to stop someone from being affected by an illness.
If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury.Syn:heal
She had some acupuncture /'ækjupʌŋktʃɚ/ treatment which seems to have cured her.
cure somebody of something
90% of patients can be cured of the disease.
Her doctors have pronounced her cured. [=have said that she is no longer ill]
- often + of
A team of doctors cured him of a rare blood disease.
Will you be able to cure him, Doctor?
MDT is an effective treatment and could cure all the leprosy sufferers worldwide. [leprosy = /'lɛprəsi/ noun, a very serious infectious disease in which the flesh and nerves are gradually destroyed → leper] [infectious = /ɪn'fɛkʃəs/ adjective, an infectious illness can be passed from one person to another, especially through the air you breathe] [flesh = /flɛʃ/ noun, 1). the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones. 2). the skin of the human body] [nerve = /nɝv/ noun, nerves are parts inside your body which look like threads and carry messages between the brain and other parts of the body]
Almost overnight I was cured.
Now doctors believe they have cured him of the disease.
3
to solve a problem, or improve a bad situation.
to provide a solution for (something).
to deal with a problem successfully.
to solve a problem.
If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end.
Attempts to cure unemployment have so far failed.
Drinking won't cure [=solve] any of your problems.
I finally managed to cure the rattling noise in my car. [rattle = /'rætl/ verb, 1). if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds. 2). if a vehicle rattles somewhere, it travels there while making a rattling sound]
Finance Ministers meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.
It might be several months before she’s fully cured.
Better quality control might cure our production problems.
Private firms are willing to make large scale investments to help cure Russia's economic troubles.
We need to cure our environmental problems.
4
cure somebody of something
to make someone stop behaving in a particular way or stop them having a particular feeling or attitude.
to cause (someone) to stop having a harmful habit, wrong idea, etc. : to make (someone) free of something.
to stop sb from behaving in a particular way, especially a way that is bad or annoying.
to stop someone doing or wanting something bad.
to control or get rid of a bad habit, feeling, or attitude.
If an action or event cures someone of a habit or an attitude, it makes them stop having it.
Nothing could cure her of her impatience with Anna.
She was cured of any illusions she had about college after her first semester. [illusion = /ɪ'luʒn/ noun, an idea or opinion that is wrong, especially about yourself → delusion] [delusion = /dɪ'luʒn/ noun, a false belief about yourself or the situation you are in] [semester = /sɪ'mɛstɚ/ noun, one of the two periods of time that a year at high schools and universities is divided into, especially in the US]
My wife cured me of most of my bad habits.
I ate so much of it one day I was sick and that cured me of my addiction.
Nothing seemed to cure him of his nervousness.
The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again. [detestable = /dɪ'tɛstəbl/ adjective, very bad, and deserving to be criticized or hated] [ordeal = /ɔr'dil/ noun, a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time]
He went to a clinic to cure his drinking and overeating. [clinic = /'klɪnɪk/ noun, a place, often in a hospital, where medical treatment is given to people who do not need to stay in the hospital]
5
to preserve food, tobacco etc by drying it, hanging it in smoke, or covering it with salt.
to change something through a chemical or physical process so that it can be preserved for a long time.
to dry and become hard.
to treat food or tobacco with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it.
to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke or salt, etc. in order to stop it decaying. [decay = /dɪ'ke/ verb, to be slowly destroyed by a natural chemical process, or to make something do this.]
to preserve meat, fish, or other foods by drying them, or by using smoke or salt.
When food, tobacco, or animal skin is cured, it is dried, smoked, or salted so that it will last for a long time.
cured ham. [ham = /hæm/ noun, the upper part of a pig’s leg, or the meat from this that has been preserved with salt or smoke → gammon] [gammon = /'ɡæmən/ noun, meat from a pig’s leg, preserved using salt → bacon] [bacon = /ˈbekən/ noun, salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces]
cure bacon/meat.
The fish was cured with salt.
olives /ˈɑlɪv/ cured in brine. [brine = /braɪn/ noun, 1). water that contains a lot of salt and is used for preserving food. 2). sea water]
The hay is curing in the sun. [hay = /he/ noun, long grass that has been cut and dried, used as food for cattle]
It takes several days for concrete to cure. [=harden, set]
Legs of pork were cured and smoked over the fire. [pork = /pɔrk/ noun, 1). the meat from pigs. 2). (American English informal) government money spent in a particular area in order to get political advantages – used to show disapproval, examples: a bill filled with pork projects. We need to cut the pork out of the federal budget. ]
sliced cured ham. [slice = /slaɪs/ verb, (also slice up) to cut meat, bread, vegetables etc into thin flat pieces → chop] [chop = /tʃɑp/ verb, (also chop up) to cut something into smaller pieces]
kill or cure(BrE)
used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completely
a way of solving a problem that will either fail completely or be very successful
an action you take that will either destroy something or save it completely
Having a baby can be kill or cure for a troubled marriage.
prevention is better than cure
It is better to stop something bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
it is better to stop sth bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened
It is better to stop something bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
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