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   Cor·rec·tive

   /kəˈrektiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: "management was informed so that corrective action could be taken" Similar remedialtherapeuticrestorativecurativereparatoryreparativerehabilitativeameliorativecorrectionalpunitivepenaldisciplinarydisciplinariancastigatoryreformatoryrare:penitentiarypunitorycastigative

   noun

   • 1. a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: "the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere (see correct).

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   • 1. correctively adverb

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   What are corrective measures?

   • Corrective measures must be taken at once. corrective to sth This European report on the internet provides a corrective to the usual US-based views. corrective measures/action When a problem arises, managers must take swift corrective action to limit the damage it might cause.

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   What does corrective mean?

   • The meaning of CORRECTIVE is intended to correct. How to use corrective in a sentence.

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   What does corrective exercise mean?

   • corrective exercises. a means of correcting; corrective agent. 1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive Safety Commission Chief Operating Officer Sharmila Samarasinghe said Tuesday the commission has approved 20 of 21 corrective action plans Metro was required to submit after the audit.

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   What is a corrective in psychology?

   • 2 n-count If something is a correctiveto a particular view or account, it gives a more accurate or fairer picture than there would have been without it. ...a useful corrective to the mistaken view that all psychologists are behaviourists.

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   Definitions of corrective. adjective. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition. “ corrective measures”. “ corrective lenses”. synonyms: bettering. changing for the better. noun.

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   formaluk/kəˈrektɪv/us. intended to improve or correct something: corrective surgery / lenses. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.