Cure Cured Managed Illness I Verb Kjʊə(R Kjʊr

• will you be able to cure him, doctor?
• the doctor managed to cure her of her illness.
• it is better to prevent rather than cure diseases.
• finding it early is the key to curing most cancers.

cure

Verb Forms

1. to make a person or an animal healthy again after an illness
• Will you be able to cure him, Doctor?
• The doctor managed to cure her of her illness.

Extra Examples

• He was now completely cured of his illness.
• She still believed that somehow she could be miraculously cured.
• She was miraculously cured.
• They will try to cure her of her alcoholism.
2. to make an illness go away
• It is better to prevent rather than cure diseases.
• Finding it early is the key to curing most cancers.
• TB is a serious illness, but it can be cured.
• The disease can be cured with antibiotics.
3. to deal with a problem successfully
• I finally managed to cure the rattling noise in my car.
• Charities alone can't cure basic social injustices.
• He bought some special software that was supposed to cure hard disk problems.
• Most of the team's faults could be cured with good coaching.
4. to stop somebody from behaving in a particular way, especially a way that is bad or annoying
• I thought I had finally cured him of this annoying habit.
5. to treat food or tobacco with smoke, salt or heat, etc. in order to preserve it
• SEE ALSO dry-cure
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dry-cure
• cured ham/bacon
6. used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completely

Word Origin

• Middle 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’.