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Related to corrective: corrective maintenance, corrective exercise
cor·rec·tive
(kə-rĕk′tĭv)adj.
Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.
n.
An agent that corrects.
cor·rec′tive·ly adv.
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corrective
(kəˈrɛktɪv)adj
tending or intended to correct
n
something that tends or is intended to correct
corˈrectively adv
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cor•rec•tive
(kəˈrɛk tɪv)adj.
1. tending to correct.
n. 2. a means of correcting.
[1525–35; (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin]
cor•rec′tive•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" pack - a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect pick-me-up, pickup - anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" prosthesis, prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body |
Adj. | 1. | corrective - designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
2. | corrective - tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses" bettering - changing for the better |
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corrective
adjective
1. remedial, therapeutic, palliative, restorative, rehabilitative He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
2. disciplinary, punitive, penal, reformatory He was placed in a corrective institution for children.
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corrective
adjectiveTending to correct:
Something that corrects or counteracts:
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Translations
مُخَفِّف ، مُصَحِّـح
nápravný
forbedrendekorrigerende
leiîréttingar-; betrunar-
düzelticiıslah edici
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corrective
adj → korrigierend; to take corrective action → korrigierend eingreifen; to have corrective surgery → sich einem korrigierenden Eingriff unterziehen
n (Pharm, fig) → Korrektiv nt
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
correct
(kəˈrekt) verb1. to remove faults and errors from. These spectacles will correct his eye defect.
2. (of a teacher etc) to mark errors in. I have fourteen exercise books to correct.
adjective1. free from faults or errors. This sum is correct.
2. right; not wrong. Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.
corˈrection (-ʃən) nouncorˈrective (-tiv) adjective
setting right. corrective treatment.
corˈrectly adverbcorˈrectness noun
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corrective
adj correctorEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.