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BNC: 5971 COCA: 5966

correction

correction /kəˈrɛkʃən/ noun
plural corrections
correction
/kəˈrɛkʃən/
noun
plural corrections
Learner's definition of CORRECTION
[count] : a change that makes something right, true, accurate, etc.纠正;改正;修正
[noncount] : the act of making something (such as an error or a bad condition) accurate or better : the act of correcting something改正的行动;纠正;矫正
: the act or process of punishing and changing the behavior of people who have committed crimes惩罚;劳教;惩治
[noncount]
[plural]
(US)used to refer to government systems and actions that relate to punishing and dealing with criminals用于指与惩治罪犯有关的政府体系和行动
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前

— correctional

/kəˈrɛkʃənl̟/ adjective, always used before a noun, chiefly US
BNC: 5971 COCA: 5966

correction

noun

cor·​rec·​tion kə-ˈrek-shən How to pronounce correction (audio)
1
: the action or an instance of correcting: such as
c
: a bringing into conformity with a standard
d
: neutralization, counteraction
correction of acidity
2
: a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise
3
a
: something substituted in place of what is wrong
marking corrections on the students' papers
b
: a quantity applied by way of correcting (as for adjustment of an instrument)
4
: the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation
also : the administration of such treatment as a matter of public policy
usually used in plural
correctional
kə-ˈrek-shnəl How to pronounce correction (audio)
-shə-nᵊl
adjective

Example Sentences

The teacher marked corrections on his students' tests. Please make corrections before handing in your compositions. the correction of your mistakes people in need of vision correction
Recent Examples on the Web Simply put: The U.S. home price correction is sharper—and more widespread—than previously thought. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022 In addition to winning various settlements, Krayeske filed a class-action lawsuit that prompted the state correction department to test and treat all prisoners for hepatitis C. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022 Featured were the city’s police and fire departments as well as Port Authority Police and departments of sanitation and correction. Chron, 11 Sep. 2022 Defensively, the correction is as simple as tackling better and locating the playmakers on the other side. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022 In a separate event, an unidentified student was booked into the Maricopa County juvenile correction center on Wednesday morning in connection with an incident at Horizon High School, Sgt. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The tweet was swiftly deleted and then replaced with a correction. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 But the bank said any hit to profits is unlikely to be steep in the near term, given the sharp correction in crude and commodity prices. Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Name changes have led some journals to issue correction notices in the past, an outcome that can lead peers to question whether the author engaged in bad science. WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of correction was in the 14th century
BNC: 5971 COCA: 5966
correction

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CORRECTION | CORRECTION + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEminor, small小的修改necessary必要的修改Make any necessary corrections before the text is printed.在文稿付印之前,將需要修改的地方都改好。error, spelling錯誤/拼寫改正vision視力矯正market市場調整These stock-market corrections were expected.股票市場的這些調整是預料之中的。course (especially NAmE) 航向校正in-flight course correction飛行中的航向校正Now is the time to make any course corrections. (figurative) 現在是修正方向的時候了。VERB + CORRECTIONmake修改need, require需要改正There are some programming errors that need correction.有一些程序錯誤需要修改。CORRECTION + NOUNfluid修正液PREPOSITIONfor correction以作修改The work was returned to the student for correction.作業返還給了學生以作修改。correction to在⋯上作修改I have to make one or two corrections to the text before it's finished.完稿之前我得對文本作一兩處修改。

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