- a medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness
- cure for something the search for a cure for cancer
- Researchers are working to find a cure for the disease.
- There is no miracle cure for this condition.
- There is no known cure but the illness can be treated.
- The only real cure is rest.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcareb2- If the disease is detected early, it has a cure.
- The cure works by boosting the body's immune system.
- There is no instant cure for this condition.
- There is no known cure for the disease.
- scientists seeking a cure for the virus
- the search for a cure for the common cold
- Although there is no cure for this illness, it can be treated to reduce the pain.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- effective
- instant
- miracle
- …
- have
- look for
- seek
- …
- work
- cure for
- cure from
- prevention is better than cure
- the search for a cure
- there is a cure (for something)
- …
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- the act of curing somebody of an illness or the process of being cured
- Doctors cannot effect a cure if the disease has spread too far.
- The cure took six weeks.
- These drugs can sometimes effect miraculous cures.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- miraculous
- complete
- permanent
- …
- bring about
- effect
- provide
- …
- cure (for something) something that will solve a problem, improve a bad situation, etc.
- a cure for poverty
- Science cannot provide a cure for all the world's problems.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French curer (verb), cure (noun), both from Latin curare ‘take care of’, from cura ‘care’. The original noun senses were ‘care, concern, responsibility’, in particular spiritual care. In late Middle English the senses ‘medical care’ and ‘successful medical treatment’ arose, and hence ‘remedy’.
Idioms
See cure in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cure in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishprevention is better than cure (British English)
(US English an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure)
- (saying) it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened
- Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now.
- Prevention is better than cure, so start taking care of yourself.
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