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hypocorrects

hypocorrects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hypocorrect.

Meaning of hypocorrect

Verb

hypocorrect (third-person singular simple present hypocorrects, present participle hypocorrecting, simple past and past participle hypocorrected)

  1. To undercorrect.
    • The surgeon can hypocorrect on the operating table, knowing that in the postoperative period an additional correction will result because of:...1989, Yves-Gerard Illouz, Yves T. De Villers, Emma Dankoski, Body sculpturing by lipoplasty, →ISBN, page 417

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Questions about hypocorrects

What is hypocorrects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hypocorrects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hypocorrect.

Words near hypocorrects in the dictionary

  1. hypocoristically
  2. hypocoristics
  3. hypocorrect
  4. hypocorrected
  5. hypocorrecting
  6. hypocorrects
  7. hypocorticism
  8. hypocorticisms
  9. hypocortisolaemia
  10. hypocortisolaemic
  11. hypocortisolemia

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