English Explanatory Dictionary

correction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of correcting.
  2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
  3. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
  4. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  5. A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
  6. a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹɛkʃən/ En-us-correction.ogg

Word forms

correction corrections correxion

Etymology

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.

Synonyms

punishment sanction censure correction discipline penalty punition sentence

Derived words

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