correction
Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkʃən/
The English word “correction” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
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