correction
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- correxion (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
- (procedure word, military) 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.
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Translations[edit]
act of correcting
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substitution for an error or mistake
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punishment
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amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct
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decline in a stock market price
Further reading[edit]
correction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin corrēctiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
correction f (plural corrections)
- correction (all senses)
- propriety (quality of being proper or correct)
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Further reading[edit]
- “correction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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