correction

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kəˈɹɛkʃən/

Definition of correction

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of correcting.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of correcting.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A substitution for an error or mistake.
  3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
    “As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  5. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
    “I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.”

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Etymology

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

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