Dictionary entry details
• CORRECTION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
correction; rectification
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correction"):
redress; remediation; remedy (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
retribution (the act of correcting for your wrongdoing)
compensation; recompense (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)
amendment (the act of amending or correcting)
emendation (a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing)
Meaning:
A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
fudge factor; correction
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)
Meaning:
Something substituted for an error
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correction"):
erasure (a correction made by erasing)
Meaning:
A rebuke for making a mistake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
chastening; chastisement; correction
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)
Meaning:
A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
market runups are invariably followed by a correction
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
dip; drop; fall; free fall (a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity)
Meaning:
The act of punishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
discipline; correction
Context example:
the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correction"):
spanking (the act of slapping on the buttocks)
Meaning:
Treatment of a specific defect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the correction of his vision with eye glasses
Hypernyms ("correction" is a kind of...):
therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correction"):
fusion; spinal fusion (correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization)
