How do you pronounce "correction"?

Pronounced //kəˈɹɛkʃən//.

Correction

Common synonyms include: rectification, adjustment, admonishment, admonition, amendment, amendment.

/kəˈɹɛkʃən/ noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

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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the act of disciplining wordnet
7
An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. countable, uncountable
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a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases wordnet
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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
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something substituted for an error wordnet
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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."
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a rebuke for making a mistake wordnet
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure wordnet

"I believe this may be a correction after investigation of his date of birth in the family register."

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.