correction

«correction» in Mova's school dictionary: a change that makes something right that was wrong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a correction, corrections)

meaning for a pupil

1) A correction is a change that makes something right that was wrong. tree →

2) Correction is the act of putting mistakes right. tree →

3) (formal) Correction can mean punishment, as in old prisons. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school pupils do corrections: they fix mistakes marked by the teacher. Correction fluid or tape covers mistakes. In maths, checking and correction of answers is good practice. Phrases: make corrections, do your corrections, correction tape.

examples

• Do your corrections in green pen. tree →
• The teacher made a correction to my spelling. tree →
• There were three corrections on the board. tree →
• Use correction tape to cover the mistake. tree →
• The newspaper printed a correction the next day. tree →
• She took the correction kindly and tried again. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: correct; adjective: correct, corrective. In maths, a correction changes a wrong answer to the right one; always show your working so the mistake can be found.

In the corpora

• Corrections are usually much smaller than the false stories they correct, so be slow to believe a shocking first story.
• Using a bot to find spelling mistakes is useful if you learn from the corrections.
• "Market correction" means a big fall in prices on the markets.
• A correction is a notice fixing a mistake in a news story; admitting mistakes shows a news source cares about accuracy.
• In vain have I smitten your children — they received no correction; your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «correction» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.