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corrective

[ kuh-rek-tiv ]

adjective

  1. tending to correct or rectify; remedial:

    corrective exercises.



noun

  1. a means of correcting; corrective agent.

corrective

/ kəˈrɛktɪv /

adjective

  1. tending or intended to correct


noun

  1. something that tends or is intended to correct

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Derived Forms

  • corˈrectively, adverb

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Other Words From

  • cor·rective·ly adverb
  • noncor·rective adjective noun
  • noncor·rective·ly adverb
  • uncor·rective adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of corrective1

1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive

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Example Sentences

As far as I was concerned, once I had corrective surgery I was just a female.

As a cultural corrective, Hayes is currently touring in a one-man show titled Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes.

Corrective action was taken to address this issue swiftly.

No matter: The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a welcome corrective to the myths and misconceptions.

And the rational corrective is invariably slow and painstaking.

Its increasing independence of the ostensible career makes it the organ of corrective criticism; it accumulates disturbing energy.

The only check or corrective is, constant verification by psychological and ethological laws.

But a splendid corrective came soon afterwards in the crowning naval victory of Trafalgar.

Often intellectual labor is the true antidote and corrective of this state of feeling.

The readiest and surest corrective for the excessive greed of our girls for society is to carry on the system of co-education.

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