/ kəˈrektɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun
■ adjective
( formal ) designed to make sth right that was wrong before :
We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.
corrective measures
corrective surgery / glasses
■ noun
corrective (to sth) ( formal ) something that helps to give a more accurate or fairer view of sb/sth :
I should like to add a corrective to what I have written previously.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French correctif , -ive or late Latin correctivus , from Latin correct- brought into order from the verb corrigere make straight, bring into order, from cor- together + regere guide.