correction
The act of correctingThe act of correcting.
Recorded US: Neskaya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» He made several corrections.
Er machte mehrere Korrekturen. — Hans_Adler
Он внёс несколько исправлений. — fjay69
Він вніс кілька правок. — anastasishko
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Examples
46 sentencesHe made several corrections.
Він вніс кілька правок. — anastasishko
ruОн внёс несколько исправлений. — fjay69
deEr machte mehrere Korrekturen. — Hans_Adler
Thanks for the correction.
Дякую за виправлення. — deniko
ruСпасибо за исправление. — soweli_Elepanto
deDanke für die Korrektur! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I made some corrections.
ruЯ внёс некоторые исправления. — odexed
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of correcting.
Berichtigung, Korrektur, Verbesserung
исправле́ниеispravlénije, корре́кцияkorrékcija, попра́вкаpoprávka
ви́правкаvýpravka, коре́кціяkorékcija, попра́вкаpoprávka
(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
(countable, uncountable)A substitution for an error or mistake.
Korrektur
корре́кцияkorrékcija, исправле́ниеispravlénije
коре́кціяkorékcija, ви́правленняvýpravlennja
something substituted for an error
More meanings 3
(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
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
Besserungsmaßnahme
наказа́ниеnakazánije, исправи́тельные ме́рыispravítelʹnyje méry, взыска́ниеvzyskánije
покара́нняpokaránnja
(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.
Origin
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correctionFrom Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
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Forms
plural: corrections| Singular | correction |
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regular
Synonyms
11 synonyms- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right:rectification
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure:fudge factor
- a rebuke for making a mistake:chasteningchastisement
- the act of disciplining:discipline
Word family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.