cure
🇺🇸
/kjʊr/
🇬🇧
/kjʊə(r)/
verb
B2
to make someone healthy again after being sick
Doctors hope to cure many diseases with new medicines.
B2
to make an illness go away
It's easier to prevent sickness than to cure it.
R
to fix a problem
He found a way to cure the computer's slow performance.
R
to stop someone from a bad habit
She tried to cure his nail-biting habit.
R
to treat food to keep it from spoiling
They cure meat with salt to make it last longer.
noun
B2
a medicine or treatment that makes illness go away
Scientists are searching for a cure for cancer.
R
the process of becoming healthy again
The cure took several weeks but he recovered fully.
R
a solution to a problem
Education is the best cure for poverty.
translation
to make someone healthy again after being sick; to make an illness go away; to fix a problem; to stop someone from a bad habit; to treat food to keep it from spoiling
a medicine or treatment that makes illness go away; the process of becoming healthy again; a solution to a problem
Word Forms
3rd Present
cures
Past
cured
Perfect
cured
Progressive
curing
Plural
cures