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Meaning of correction | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Standard
kəˈɹɛkʃən

Definitions

  1. Amendment, correction.
  2. The act of correcting.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The act of correcting
  4. A substitution for an error or mistake
  5. A substitution for an error or mistake.
    countable, uncountable
  6. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender
  7. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
  8. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct
  9. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
    countable, uncountable
  10. 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
  11. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  12. a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Català correcció
Čeština korekce korektura náprava oprava
Dansk rettelse
Ελληνικά διόρθωση
Esperanto puno
فارسی تصحیح
Gaeilge ceartú
Galego corrección
עברית תיקון תקון
Հայերեն ուղղում
Bahasa Indonesia koreksi pembetulan ralat
Italiano correzione
한국어 보정 수정 정정
Latina correctio
Lëtzebuergesch Korrektioun
Bahasa Melayu pembetulan
Nederlands correctie verbetering
Português correção
Română corectare corecție
Kiswahili marekebisho

Examples

“As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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