ALL meanings of correction
cor·rec·tion
C c - countable noun correction Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers. 3
- uncountable noun correction Correction is the punishment of criminals. 3
- noun correction the act or process of correcting 3
- noun correction something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement 3
- noun correction the act or process of punishing; reproof 3
- noun correction a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy 3
- noun correction a correcting or being corrected 3
- noun correction a change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right, or from abnormal to normal; emendation; rectification 3
- noun correction the amount of change made in correcting 3
- noun correction punishment or scolding to correct faults 3
- noun correction punishment and rehabilitation within a prison system 3
- noun correction a brief, temporary reversal in the trend of prices in a financial market, esp. a short-term decline following, or in the midst of, a long-term rise in prices 3
- noun correction something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation. 1
- noun correction the act of correcting. 1
- noun correction The action or process of correcting something. 1
- noun correction punishment 1
- noun correction punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof. 1
- noun correction Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders. 1
- noun correction a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course. 1
- noun correction a reversal of the trend of stock prices, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions. 1
- noun correction of error 1
- noun correction act of correcting 1
- noun correction A substitution for an error or mistake. 0
- noun correction Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. 0
- noun correction An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. 0
- noun correction A decline in a stock market price after a large rise. 0