Meanings
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1
noun
A change that fixes a mistake.
The teacher marked my essay with several corrections in red ink.
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2
noun
The act of fixing something that is wrong.
The correction of his eyesight with new glasses made a huge difference.
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3
noun
A fall in stock prices after a period of rises.
Investors expected a market correction after months of steady gains.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· a change that fixes a mistake.
rectification
Word family
Forms
corrections
Derived forms
autocorrectioncorflucorrectionalcorrectionercorrectionistgeocorrectionimmunocorrectionincorrectionmiscorrectionnoncorrectionovercorrectionprecorrection
Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
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