He is bad beyond correction.
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Correction
//kəˈɹɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "correction" (117 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
pains and punishmentspaypaymentpenal retributionpenaltypenologypunishmentpunitionquantificationquantizationratingrebukerecensionrecompenserectificationredactionredressremedyrepairrepairing
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reparationreprehensionreprimandreproachreprobationreproofreprovalrescriptrescriptionretaliationretributionretributive justicerevampmentrevisalreviserevised editionrevisionrewriterewritingrodsatisfactionscoldingscourgesermonspankingsurveysurveyingtelemeteringtelemetrytriangulationtroubleshootingupbraidingvaluationwell-deserved punishmentwhat forwhat-for
Noun(2 words)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesdbpedia language
1 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
derived from
1 entriesis a
9 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
122 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διόρθωσις noun (act of correcting)
Arabic
1 entries- تَصْحِيح noun (act of correcting)
Armenian
1 entries- ուղղում noun (act of correcting)
Belarusian
4 entries- выпраўле́нне noun (act of correcting)
- выпраўле́нне noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- карэ́кцыя noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- папра́ўка noun (act of correcting)
Bulgarian
4 entries- коре́кция noun (act of correcting)
- коре́кция noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- коре́кция noun (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct)
- корекция noun (decline in a stock market price)
Catalan
2 entries- correcció noun (act of correcting)
- correcció noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 修正 noun (act of correcting)
- 校正 noun (act of correcting)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tüzetme noun (act of correcting)
Czech
1 entries- oprava noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Danish
2 entries- rettelse noun (act of correcting)
- rettelse noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Dutch
4 entries- correctie noun (act of correcting)
- correctie noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- verbetering noun (act of correcting)
- verbetering noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Esperanto
1 entries- puno noun (punishment)
Finnish
4 entries- korjaaminen noun (act of correcting)
- korjaus noun (act of correcting)
- korjaus noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- korjaus noun (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct)
French
4 entries- correction noun (act of correcting)
- correction noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- correction noun (punishment)
- rectification noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Galician
1 entries- corrección noun (act of correcting)
German
4 entries- Berichtigung noun (act of correcting)
- Besserungsmaßnahme noun (punishment)
- Korrektur noun (act of correcting)
- Korrektur noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Hebrew
2 entries- תִּקּוּן noun (act of correcting)
- תיקון noun (act of correcting)
Hindi
2 entries- संशोधन noun (act of correcting)
- सुधारना noun (act of correcting)
Hungarian
4 entries- büntetés noun (punishment)
- fegyelmezés noun (punishment)
- fenyítés noun (punishment)
- helyesbítés noun (act of correcting)
Indonesian
1 entries- koreksi noun (act of correcting)
Irish
1 entries- ceartú noun (act of correcting)
Italian
4 entries- correzione noun (act of correcting)
- correzione noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- correzione noun (punishment)
- correzione noun (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct)
Japanese
4 entries- 修正 noun (act of correcting)
- 修正 noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- 矯正 noun (punishment)
- 訂正 noun (act of correcting)
Korean
4 entries- 보정 noun (act of correcting)
- 수정 noun (act of correcting)
- 정정 noun (act of correcting)
- 정정 noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Latin
1 entries- correctio noun (act of correcting)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- Korrektioun noun (act of correcting)
- Korrektur noun (act of correcting)
- Verbesserung noun (act of correcting)
Malay
1 entries- pembetulan noun (act of correcting)
Middle English
1 entries- reformacioun noun (act of correcting)
Norman
1 entries- corrig'gie noun (act of correcting)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- korreksjon noun (act of correcting)
- rettelse noun (act of correcting)
- rettelse noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- retting noun (act of correcting)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- korreksjon noun (act of correcting)
Occitan
1 entries- correccion noun (act of correcting)
Persian
1 entries- تصحیح noun (act of correcting)
Portuguese
2 entries- correção noun (act of correcting)
- correção noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Romanian
3 entries- corectare noun (act of correcting)
- corecție noun (act of correcting)
- corecție noun (punishment)
Russian
4 entries- взыска́ние noun (punishment)
- исправи́тельные ме́ры noun (punishment)
- исправле́ние noun (act of correcting)
- исправле́ние noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Slovene
1 entries- poprávek noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Spanish
2 entries- corrección noun (act of correcting)
- corrección noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Swahili
3 entries- marekebisho noun (act of correcting)
- marekebisho noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- marekebisho noun (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct)
Tajik
1 entries- тасҳеҳ noun (act of correcting)
Turkish
1 entries- düzeltme noun (act of correcting)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́правка noun (act of correcting)
- ви́правлення noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
- коре́кція noun (act of correcting)
- коре́кція noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Unami
2 entries- kwìthikeokàn noun (act of correcting)
- kwìtëlëtëwakàn noun (act of correcting)
Walloon
2 entries- coridjaedje noun (act of correcting)
- ricoridjaedje noun (act of correcting)
Yiddish
1 entries- תּקנה noun (substitution for an error or mistake)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I believe this may be a correction after investigation of his date of birth in the family register.
Source: tatoeba (327004)
Thank you for the correction.
Source: tatoeba (707242)
The most frustrating thing that can happen to you, on Tatoeba, is to report a mistake to somebody, and that not only they don't correct it, but they create the variant with the correction that you suggested...without thanking you.
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