English Explanatory Dictionary

corrective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
  2. Qualifying; limiting.
noun
  1. Something that corrects or counteracts something.
  2. Limitation; restriction.

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹɛktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-corrective.wav /kəˈɹektɪv/

Word forms

corrective correctives

Etymology

Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive.

Derived words

autocorrective corrective facility corrective lens correctively correctiveness corrective rape corrective shoe hypercorrective postcorrective
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