correction
Syllables: cor·rec·tion/kəˈɹɛkʃən/
correction noun: the act of correcting.
Noun
correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- 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.1973 December 29, David A. DeNeef, “The Incident At Bridgewater”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 2
- Synonyms:
- punishment, sanction, censure, discipline, penalty, punition, sentence
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- 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.
- 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.
correction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
correction in Hindi
- act of correcting
- सुधारना sudhārnā, संशोधन sañśodhan
correction in Tamil
- திருத்தம்
correction in Marathi
- correction; rectification — the act of correcting an error or defect
- दुरुस्ती durustī
correction in Urdu
- correction
- سدھار sudhār
More languagesFewer languages
- correction in Bengali
- শাসন, কাটকুট, শুদ্ধি, দণ্ড
- correction in Telugu
- దిద్దుబాటు diddubāṭu, దిద్దుబడి diddubaḍi
- correction in Malayalam
- പിഴതിരുത്തൽ, നന്നാക്കൽ, തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ
- correction in Kannada
- ತಿದ್ದಿಕೆ, ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ, ಸರಿಪಡಿಕೆ, ತಿದ್ದುವುದು
- correction in Punjabi
- ਸੋਧ sodh, سودھ sodh, ਸੁਧਾਰ sudhār
- correction in Sanskrit
- शास्ति śāsti, शोध śodha
- correction in Arabic
- تَصْحِيح taṣḥīḥ
- correction in Malay
- pembetulan
- correction in Indonesian
- koreksi
- correction in Persian
- تصحیح tashih
Examples of correction in a sentence
- Adults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech.
- The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.
- The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.
Synonyms of correction
Forms of correction
| plural | corrections |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | correxion |
Origin of correction
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
Words formed from correction
- autocorrection
- Bessel's correction
- Bonferroni correction
- colorimetric correction
- corflu
- correctional
- correction center
- correction centre
- correctioner
- correction factor
- correction fluid
- correctionist
- correctionless
- correction line
- correction officer
- correction paper
- correction tape
- course correction
- gamma correction
- geocorrection
- Heckman correction
- house of correction
- immunocorrection
- incorrection
- miscorrection
- noncorrection
- oblique correction
- overcorrection
- political correction
- posture correction
- precorrection
- recorrection
- under correction
- undercorrection
Phrases with correction
Words that rhyme with correction
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- deflection
- direction
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about correction
- What does correction mean?
- Correction means the act of correcting.
- What is correction in Hindi?
- Correction in Hindi is सुधारना (sudhārnā), संशोधन (sañśodhan). See Correction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is correction?
- Correction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce correction?
- Correction is pronounced /kəˈɹɛkʃən/.
- What is the plural of correction?
- The plural of correction is corrections.
Words near correction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: correction (page history and authors); correction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दुरुस्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); سدھار (Urdu) (page history and authors); correction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దిద్దుబడి (Telugu) (page history and authors); correction (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); correction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سودھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); शास्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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