Meaning of correction | Babel Free
kəˈɹɛkʃənDefinitions
- Amendment, correction.
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The act of correcting. countable, uncountable
- The act of correcting
- A substitution for an error or mistake
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A substitution for an error or mistake. countable, uncountable
- Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender
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Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct
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An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. 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
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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
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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
Dansk
rettelse
Ελληνικά
διόρθωση
Esperanto
puno
فارسی
تصحیح
Gaeilge
ceartú
Galego
corrección
Հայերեն
ուղղում
Italiano
correzione
Latina
correctio
Lëtzebuergesch
Korrektioun
Bahasa Melayu
pembetulan
Português
correção
Русский
взыскание
исправи́тельные ме́ры
исправление
корректирование
коррекция
наказание
поправка
правка
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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