correction
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3.6
- noun
- /kəˈrɛkʃən/
:
corrección
- Teachers might wonder, "When do students hear the needed corrections and feedback?"
- correction and feedback
- give a correction
- offer a correction
Some might say writing corrections is doing it for free.
- Some might say writing corrections is doing it for free.
- Second, what's your policy for issuing corrections?
- And so many people on Instagram will send me like grammatical corrections and I'm like, cheers.
- This isn't a correction as much as a clarification.
- But bottom line is it's about being able to take correction.
- So to wrap up this point, bottom line is when you can show you're a woman who is open to correction and improvement, you show great value to a man.
- There was a comment under the corrections video.
- So then why would a vulnerable narcissistic person end up feeling like a correction?
Examples
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His correction was intended to help her improve her writing skills, not to criticize her effort.
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There is no correction from some of the mistakes they make, right?
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Thank you for that unnecessary correction.
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Do you have any corrections?
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His final plea that the press establish a systematic method of self-correction is altogether valid.
Academic text (2017) -
Anne and Allen's reflections helped them make corrections for the next team's implementation of the project.
Academic text (2012) -
The teacher gave a clear correction after noticing the student's error in the math problem.
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After the meeting, she shared a correction to ensure everyone understood the proposed changes accurately.
Synonyms
3
7.2
A strong spoken scolding for a mistake
2
7.1
A mild criticism that aims to correct someone
1
7.4
Fixing something that is wrong after a mistake
1
8.1
A scolding or defeat that makes someone realize their mistake and become more humble
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to reduce false positive results when running many statistical tests
- Specialized
A way of adding extra information to data so small errors can be found and fixed
How Critical
22
6.8
- Formal
24
6.1
512
3.0
31
3.6
759
1.4
136
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Correction comes from the Latin corrigere, meaning 'to make right', and it shares the root rect with words such as direct. A correction as a remark is meant to point out an error and help set things 'right'.