Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of correcting.

    Berichtigung, Korrektur, Verbesserung

    исправле́ниеispravlénije, корре́кцияkorrékcija, попра́вкаpoprávka

    ви́правкаvýpravka, коре́кціяkorékcija, попра́вкаpoprávka

    the act of disciplining

  2. (countable, uncountable)A substitution for an error or mistake.

    Korrektur

    корре́кцияkorrékcija, исправле́ниеispravlénije

    коре́кціяkorékcija, ви́правленняvýpravlennja

    something substituted for an error

  3. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.

    Besserungsmaßnahme

    наказа́ниеnakazánije, исправи́тельные ме́рыispravítelʹnyje méry, взыска́ниеvzyskánije

    покара́нняpokaránnja

  4. (countable, uncountable)An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.

    Korrektur

    a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

  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.

    Korrektur

    a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

  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.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. He made several corrections.

    Він вніс кілька правок.

    ruОн внёс несколько исправлений.

    deEr machte mehrere Korrekturen.

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  2. Thanks for the correction.

    Дякую за виправлення.

    ruСпасибо за исправление.

    deDanke für die Korrektur!

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  3. I made some corrections.

    ruЯ внёс некоторые исправления.

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  4. I've made a correction.

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  5. Tom made several corrections.

    deTom führte mehrere Korrekturen durch.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
act of correcting:
substitution for an error or mistake:
punishment:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of correcting:
punishment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of correcting:
punishment:

Origin

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction

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

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