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1. (adj.) corrective
tending to correct.
2. (n.) corrective
a means of correcting.
Etymology: (1525–35; (< AF) < ML)
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| Definition of 'Corrective' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) corrective, restorative
a device for treating injury or disease
2. (adj) corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal
designed to promote discipline
"the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
3. (adj) corrective
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
"corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
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| Definition of 'Corrective' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Corrective
having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties
2. (adj) Corrective
qualifying; limiting
3. (noun) Corrective
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
4. (noun) Corrective
limitation; restriction
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Sense: setting right
corrective treatment.
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 Afrikaans: korrektief |
 Arabic: مُخَفِّف ، مُصَحِّـح |
 Bulgarian: поправителен |
 Brazilian: corretivo |
 Czech: nápravný |
 German: verbessernd |
 Danish: forbedrende; korrigerende |
 Greek: διορθωτικός, σωφρονιστικό |
 Spanish: correctivo |
 Estonian: parandav |
 Farsi: اصلاحی؛ ترمیمی |
 Finnish: korjaava |
 French: correctif |
 Hebrew: מְתַקֵן |
 Hindi: सुधार के लिये |
 Croatian: korektivan |
 Hungarian: javító |
 Indonesian: yang memperbaiki |
 Icelandic: leiðréttingar-; betrunar- |
 Italian: correttivo |
 Japanese: 矯正的な |
 Korean: 교정하는 |
 Lithuanian: pataisomasis |
 Latvian: korektīvs; koriģējošs |
 Malay: pembetulan |
 Dutch: correctioneel |
 Norwegian: forbedrende, korrigerende |
 Polish: korekcyjny |
 Persian: اصلاحی؛ ترمیمی |
 Pashto: اصلاحی |
 Portuguese: correctivo |
 Romanian: care corectează |
 Russian: исправительный |
 Slovak: nápravný |
 Slovenian: popraven |
 Serbian: popravni |
 Swedish: förbättrande, rättande, k |
 Thai: ที่เป็นการทำให้ถูกต้อง |
 Turkish: düzeltici, ıslah edici |
 Taiwanese: 矯正的 |
 Ukrainian: виправний; коригуючий |
 Urdu: اصلاح كن، تاديبى |
 Vietnamese: đúng đắn |
 Chinese: 改正的 |
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