cure

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kjʊə(r)/ or /kjɔː(r)/
• (US) enPR: kyo͝or or kyûr, IPA ^(key): /kjʊr/ or /kjɝ/

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Verb

Plain form cure

Third-person singular cures

Past tense cured

Past participle cured

Present participle curing

1. (transitive) If you cure something that is wrong, you fix or solve it.

   Time and honest feedback usually cure the problem by teaching the poor leader a better way of achieving goals.

   The treatment mostly cured her of the cancer.

2. If you cure a piece of meat, you preserve it by salting.

Noun

Singular cure

Plural cures

1. (countable) A cure is something that will fix something that is wrong.

   We still have no cure for the common cold.

   I think I have a cure for the problem.