CORRECTION


Meaning of CORRECTION in English

/ kəˈrekʃn; NAmE / noun , exclamation

■ noun

1.

[ C ] a change that makes sth more accurate than it was before :

I've made a few small corrections to your report.

The paper had to publish a correction to the story.

2.

[ U ] the act or process of correcting sth :

There are some programming errors that need correction.

3.

[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) punishment :

the correction of young offenders

■ exclamation

( informal ) used when you want to correct sth that you have just said :

I don't know. Correction—I do know, but I'm not going to tell you.

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : via Old French from Latin correctio(n-) , from corrigere make straight, bring into order, from cor- together + regere guide.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.