Meaning of course-correct | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination.
   transitive
2. To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome.
   ambitransitive

Examples

“I’ve occasionally gone on TV and movie fasts, usually to course-correct after overindulging in too many screen-based activities. But books are a constant and during no period of my life was I more immersed in books than as a teenager.”

“For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.”

CEFR level