corrective
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5.2
- adjective
- /kəˈrɛktɪv/
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correctivo
- You got to wear your corrective lenses to drive.
- corrective feedback
- corrective action
- corrective measures
I'm saying as a as a corrective measure, what's the first thing you do?
- I'm saying as a as a corrective measure, what's the first thing you do?
- We can't take corrective actions, we can't save ourselves from death.
- And it's this oscillating self corrective process that leads you to the final star.
- Then there's a much easier solution, which is a corrective tax.
- Is there an actual possibility for Congress to act in a corrective way to this?
- And we don't step in quick enough and notice what's going on and take the corrective actions that I think that we need to take.
- What if we had a world that gave more supportive feedback or call it a positive consequence than corrective or negative feedback?
- You know, you, you want to deliver a corrective message in the most constrained possible manner.
- And, and corrective justice is, you know, you could say that corrective justice exists because other forms of justice sometimes miss the mark.
Examples
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The teacher provided corrective feedback on the student's essay to help him improve.
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I'm wearing a corrective neck collar.
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Anything less than 100 percent needs corrective action so we can do better.
Fiction book (1997) -
Is there an actual possibility for Congress to act in a corrective way to this?
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Crack gave him some corrective training.
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The situation can be reversed if corrective environmental and economic policies are adopted.
Academic text (1992) -
- I am for some corrective surgery on that bugger.
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Corrective surgery done in both my eyes runs the risk of total blindness.
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The instructor used the CWS steps to provide corrective feedback during guided practice.
Academic text (2015) -
For these students, outdoor field trips are corrective or remedial rather than formative experiences.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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6.1
Connected with punishment or correction for breaking rules
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8.9
That helps make a situation better
Helping to fix or improve something that is damaged
Helps restore health or strength
Intended to make something better
Helping someone or something fit new conditions
Compounds
- Formal
A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help
How Corrective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corrective comes from the Latin verb corrigere, which means 'to make straight' or 'to set right' and is the same root as correct. So a corrective action is meant to fix a problem and make things right.