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# curative

«curative» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to cure an illness or make someone healthy again** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (curative); noun (a curative, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to cure an illness or make someone healthy again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#m1)

2) (formal) Meant to correct or put right a problem, not just to stop it from getting worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#m2)

3) (noun, rare) A medicine or treatment that cures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons «curative» treatment cures a disease, while «preventive» treatment stops you getting it. In stories and history, people believed in the curative powers of springs, herbs and spells. Phrases: «curative powers», «curative properties», «curative treatment».

### examples

- The old woman believed the spring water had curative powers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x1)
- Doctors hoped the new medicine would be curative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x2)
- Some plants have curative properties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x3)
- Surgery can be curative if the problem is found early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x4)
- Rest and fluids have a curative effect on a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x5)
- (formal) The council took curative measures to fix the flooding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/#x6)

### note

Pronounced «KYOOR-a-tiv». Trap: many products claim «curative powers» without proof — a claim is not evidence. Opposite idea: «preventive» (stopping illness before it starts).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.