Correction - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈrekʃn|  American pronunciation of the word correction
Brit.  |kəˈrekʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word correction

noun

- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right (syn: rectification)
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- something substituted for an error
- a rebuke for making a mistake (syn: chastisement)
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
market runups are invariably followed by a correction
- the act of disciplining (syn: discipline)
- treatment of a specific defect
the correction of his vision with eye glasses

Extra examples

The teacher marked corrections on his students' tests.

Please make corrections before handing in your compositions.

I just need to make a few corrections, and then we can send it to the printer.

That will basically cover fifty...correction sixty percent of all charges.

Please hand in your papers for correction.

“It's Indianapolis 500,“ Andrew said with a polite smile, pleasing me with his diffident correction.

The House of Correction is not walled, like other prisons, but is palisaded round about with stakes.

Word forms

noun
singular: correction
plural: corrections
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