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[ kuh-rek-tiv ] / kəˈrɛk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR corrective ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetending to correct or rectify; remedial: corrective exercises. nouna means of correcting; corrective agent. Origin of corrective1525–35; (<Anglo-French ) <Medieval Latin corrēctīvus.See correct, -ive OTHER WORDS FROM correctivecor·rec·tive·ly, adverbnon·cor·rec·tive, adjective, nounnon·cor·rec·tive·ly, adverbun·cor·rec·tive, adjectiveWords nearby correctivecorrectional, correctional facility, correctional officer, correction fluid, correctitude, corrective, correctness, Correggio, corregidor, correl., correlate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for correctiveAs far as I was concerned, once I had corrective surgery I was just a female. Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Corrective action was taken to address this issue swiftly. Oil Tankers Leaking into Seattle’s Water|Bill Conroy|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST To the contrary, he believed each could offer a corrective to the other. How Rabbi David Hartman Lives On|Eliyahu Stern|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST The C.D. Howe Institute offers a corrective to those worried about corporations' growing cash hoards. Where's All the Corporate Cash?|David Frum|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Confronting the legacy of the Do-Nothing 112th Congress as the least effective since the 1940s is also a corrective. 113th Congress Actually May Get Something Done|John Avlon|January 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Each of the two, music and gymnastic, is indispensable as a supplement and corrective to the other. Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume IV (of 4)|George Grote She consulted the glass once more—gave one or two corrective touches to her hair and her cap—and hastened into the boudoir. My Lady's Money|Wilkie Collins That experience has shown the need for some corrective action, and we should promptly proceed to amend that act. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various Emily gently suggested a French lesson as a corrective of this unpleasant “buzz.” Happy Days for Boys and Girls|Various Where the corrective of knowledge is absent, we see that it could not be otherwise. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley|Edward Clodd
British Dictionary definitions for corrective
adjectivetending or intended to correct nounsomething that tends or is intended to correct Derived forms of correctivecorrectively, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to correctivecurative, remedial, punitive, disciplinary, therapeutic, reformatory, restorative, palliative, penal, antidotal, counteracting, rehabilitative Medical definitions for corrective
adj.Counteracting or modifying what is malfunctioning, undesirable, or injurious. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |