correction
Americannoun
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something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
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the act of correcting.
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punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.
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Usually corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.
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a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem.
A five degree correction will put the ship on course.
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a reversal of the trend of stock prices, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.
noun
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the act or process of correcting
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something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement
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the act or process of punishing; reproof
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a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy
Usage
What is a correction? A correction is something substituted for something that is wrong or inaccurate, such as when a newspaper issues a correction to a story it got wrong.A correction is also an adjustment or addition to something to make it more accurate, as when you make a steering correction while driving to ensure you are in the center of your lane.A correction is also a punishment that is meant to help you reform or improve. This is the type of correction connected with prisons, also called correctional facilities.Example: We are applying a correction to the story after it came out that one of the sources was lying.
Other Word Forms
- noncorrection noun
- precorrection noun
Etymology
Origin of correction
1300–50; Middle English correccio ( u ) n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin corrēctiōn- (stem of corrēctiō ) a setting straight. See correct, -ion
Example Sentences
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The risk of escalation goes up if energy infrastructure is hit, which could trigger a stock market correction, says BCA research Matt Gertken chief geopolitical strategist.
From Barron's
The risk of escalation goes up if energy infrastructure is hit, which could trigger a stock market correction, says BCA research Matt Gertken chief geopolitical strategist.
From Barron's
That could cause a correction to devolve into a bear market.
From Barron's
The staffer attached amended search results, but Missouri officials withheld the attachment from its response to a public records request and did not respond to a question about how many corrections were made.
From Salon
In the heat of the moment, the selloff felt different than other corrections, says Robin Foley, head of Fidelity’s fixed-income division.
From Barron's
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