Word Type

Noun

The word "correction" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

; bear market crab market

Dbpedia Genre

novel

Dbpedia Language

german language

Derived Terms

Bessel's correction Bonferroni correction Heckman correction autocorrection colorimetric correction corflu correction center correction centre correction factor correction fluid correction line correction officer correction paper correction tape correctional correctioner correctionist course correction gamma correction geocorrection house of correction immunocorrection incorrection miscorrection noncorrection oblique correction overcorrection political correction precorrection recorrection under correction undercorrection

Derived From

correct

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

dip drop editing fall free fall improvement indefinite quantity penalisation penalization penalty punishment rebuke redaction reprehension reprimand reproof reproval therapy treatment

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hypercorrection self-correction

Type Of (IsA)

amendment book drop economic occurrence editing improvement indefinite quantity rebuke therapy

Related Terms

added amount correct correcting decline error intended mistake offender price procedure word punishment quantity rehabilitate rise stock market substitution subtracted

Synonym Network

discipline

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