corrective

[ kuh-rek-tiv ]

/ kəˈrɛk tɪv /

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adjective

tending to correct or rectify; remedial: corrective exercises.

noun

a means of correcting; corrective agent.

Origin of corrective

1525–35; (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM corrective

cor·rec·tive·ly, adverb non·cor·rec·tive, adjective, noun non·cor·rec·tive·ly, adverb un·cor·rec·tive, adjective

Words nearby corrective

correction fluid, correctional, correctional facility, correctional officer, correctitude, corrective, correggio, corregidor, correl., correlate, correlation

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As far as I was concerned, once I had corrective surgery I was just a female.

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Corrective action was taken to address this issue swiftly.

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To the contrary, he believed each could offer a corrective to the other.

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The C.D. Howe Institute offers a corrective to those worried about corporations' growing cash hoards.

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Confronting the legacy of the Do-Nothing 112th Congress as the least effective since the 1940s is also a corrective.

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Each of the two, music and gymnastic, is indispensable as a supplement and corrective to the other.

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She consulted the glass once more—gave one or two corrective touches to her hair and her cap—and hastened into the boudoir.

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That experience has shown the need for some corrective action, and we should promptly proceed to amend that act.

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Emily gently suggested a French lesson as a corrective of this unpleasant “buzz.”

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Where the corrective of knowledge is absent, we see that it could not be otherwise.

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British Dictionary definitions for corrective

corrective

/ (kəˈrɛktɪv) /

adjective

tending or intended to correct

noun

something that tends or is intended to correct

Derived forms of corrective

correctively, adverb

Medical definitions for corrective

corrective

[ kə-rĕk′tĭv ]

adj.

Counteracting or modifying what is malfunctioning, undesirable, or injurious.

n.

An agent that corrects.

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