correctiveadjective
uk/kəˈrek.tɪv/us/kəˈrek.tɪv/intended to improve a situation:
corrective measures/action
used to refer to something that is intended to cure a medical condition:
corrective surgery
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- functionally
- palliative
- productive
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- sniff
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Recovering from illness
correctivenoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈrek.tɪv/us/kəˈrek.tɪv/something that improves a situation:
This European report on the internet provides a corrective to the usual US-based views.
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- warm
- warm up
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