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Correction
//kəˈɹɛkʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of correcting. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right wordnet
- 3 A substitution for an error or mistake. countable, uncountable
- 4 treatment of a specific defect wordnet
- 5 Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end."
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- 6 the act of disciplining wordnet
- 7 An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. countable, uncountable
- 8 a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases wordnet
- 9 A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index. countable, uncountable
- 10 something substituted for an error wordnet
- 11 a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted countable, uncountable
"I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over."
- 12 a rebuke for making a mistake wordnet
- 13 a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
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