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cor·rec·tive

Audio Help [kuh-rek-tiv] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	tending to correct or rectify; remedial: corrective exercises.

–noun

2.	a means of correcting; corrective agent.

[Origin: 1525–35; (< AF) < ML corréctīvus. See correct, -ive

]

—Related forms

cor·rec·tive·ly, adverb

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cor·rec·tive Audio Help   (kə-rěk'tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.   Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.

n.   An agent that corrects.

cor·rec'tive·ly adv.

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corrective
adjective
1.	designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
2.	tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
noun
1.	a device for treating injury or disease

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
corˈrective [-tiv] adjective

setting right
Example: corrective treatment

Arabic:	مُخَفِّف ، مُصَحِّـح
Chinese (Simplified):	正确的
Chinese (Traditional):	正確的
Czech:	nápravný
Danish:	forbedrende; korrigerende
Dutch:	correctioneel
Estonian:	parandav
Finnish:	korjaava
French:	correctif
German:	verbessernd
Greek:	διορθωτικός, σωφρονιστικός
Hungarian:	javító
Icelandic:	leiðréttingar-; betrunar-
Indonesian:	yang memperbaiki
Italian:	correttivo

Japanese:	矯正的な
Korean:	바로잡는
Latvian:	korektīvs; koriģējošs
Lithuanian:	pataisomasis
Norwegian:	forbedrende, korrigerende
Polish:	korekcyjny
Portuguese (Brazil):	corretivo
Portuguese (Portugal):	correctivo
Romanian:	care corectează
Russian:	исправительный
Slovak:	nápravný
Slovenian:	popraven
Spanish:	correctivo
Swedish:	förbättrande, rättande, korrigerande
Turkish:	düzeltici, ıslah edici

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Corrective

Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot.

2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." --Holdsworth.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Corrective

Cor*rect"ive\, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. --Burke.

2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.

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