corrective
3
5.7
- noun
- /kəˈrɛktɪv/
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medida correctiva
- The new policy serves as a corrective to the previous approach that failed to address community needs.
- offer a corrective
- useful corrective
- provide a corrective
But ultimately, I think this final popular resort of people being able to throw the bums out will once again be a corrective.
- But ultimately, I think this final popular resort of people being able to throw the bums out will once again be a corrective.
- I'm also going to show you the concealer which looks like this, and these are correctives actually, not concealers, and they go from fair, medium, tan and deep.
Examples
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In part, then, this study is meant as a corrective to this situation.
Academic text (2002) -
As a possible corrective, we now provide an example of our data presented in a different way.
Academic text (2000) -
And then if corrective actions were taken, how would one measure the effects of those changes?
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Could you speak to that and perhaps also mention what what corrective measures can be taken?
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While this sounds like a helpful corrective, I think it introduces a new problem.
Blog text (28) -
Certainly, it is a useful corrective and counterpoint to the views of the World Bank.
Academic text (1991) -
The growing fears of Muslim immigration in Europe provide an important corrective to European views on Israel.
Academic text (2013) -
In many respects, in fact, Hollingworth's work can be read as a necessary corrective to that of Terman.
Academic text (1990) -
The first part of Marcus' review serves as a corrective to Freeman's account of the history of American anthropology.
Academic text (1993) -
Eisner's model of educating policymakers in the inherent value of the arts is a promising corrective.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
88
2.7
A change that fixes a mistake in a document or report
76
1.0
An action that makes something work again
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6.3
The process of fixing a problem so something works properly
1
7.4
Fixing something that is wrong after a mistake
1
4.3
A person or tool that finds and fixes mistakes in writing
A person who corrects wrongs or mistakes
Compounds
- Formal
A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help
How Corrective
Surface Forms
Morphology
corrective = corrective (transparent) = correct + ive
The noun is a converted use of the adjective 'corrective', whose meaning is directly built from 'correct' + '-ive'.
Etymology
Corrective comes from the Latin verb corrigere, which means 'to make straight' or 'to set right'. So a corrective is something, like a device or a rule, that fixes a problem and helps make things right.