correction
pronunciation
How to pronounce correction in British English:
UK [kəˈrekʃn]
How to pronounce correction in American English:
US [kəˈrekʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- something substituted for an error
- a rebuke for making a mistake
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- the act of punishing
- treatment of a specific defect
Word Origin
- correction (n.)
- mid-14c., "action of correcting," from Old French correccion (13c.) "correction, amendment; punishment, rebuke," from Latin correctionem (nominative correctio), noun of action from past participle stem of corrigere (see correct (v.)). Meaning "chastisement" is from late 14c. Meaning "an instance of correction" is from 1520s. House of correction was in a royal statute from 1575.
Example
- 1. The correction of the report took her three hours .
- 2. The excessive optimism is unsustainable and leads to a correction .
- 3. Until recently , however , the correction seemed remarkably contained .
- 4. No significant correlation was found between their frequent headaches and a need for vision correction .
- 5. On defence , last year 's strategic review demanded constant correction .