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English noun: correction | |||
| 1. | correction (act) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | ||
| Synonyms | rectification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | improvement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amendment, compensation, emendation, recompense, redress, remediation, remedy, retribution | ||
| 2. | correction (quantity) a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | ||
| Synonyms | fudge factor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| 3. | correction (communication) something substituted for an error | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | editing, redaction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | erasure | ||
| 4. | correction (communication) a rebuke for making a mistake | ||
| Synonyms | chastening, chastisement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | ||
| 5. | correction (attribute) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases | ||
| Samples | Market runups are invariably followed by a correction. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dip, drop, fall, free fall | ||
| 6. | correction (act) the act of punishing | ||
| Samples | The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received. | ||
| Synonyms | discipline | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | spanking | ||
| 7. | correction (act) treatment of a specific defect | ||
| Samples | The correction of his vision with eye glasses. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | therapy | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fusion, spinal fusion | ||
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