What does Corrective mean?

Definitions for Corrective
kəˈrɛk tɪvcor·rec·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corrective, restorativeadjective

    a device for treating injury or disease

  2. corrective, disciplinary, disciplinaladjective

    designed to promote discipline

    "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

  3. correctiveadjective

    tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

    "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"

Wiktionary

  1. correctivenoun

    Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability

  2. correctiveadjective

    Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct

    As the currents were changing rapidly the captain had to make many corrective course changes.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Correctiveadjective

    Having the power to alter or obviate any bad qualities.

    Etymology: from correct.

    Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of the bilious alcali. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

  2. Correctivenoun

    The hair, wool, feathers, and scales, which all animals of prey do swallow, are a seasonable and necessary corrective, to prevent their greediness from filling themselves with too succulent a food. John Ray, on the Creation.

    Humanly speaking, and according to the method of the world, and the little correctives supplied by art and discipline, it seldom fails but an ill principle has its course, and nature makes good its blow. Robert South, Sermons.

    There seems to be such an instance in the regiment, which the human soul exerciseth in relation to the body, that with certain correctives and exceptions, may give some kind of explication or adumbration thereof. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

ChatGPT

  1. corrective

    Corrective refers to something that is aimed at correcting, improving, or rectifying a fault, mistake, problem, defect, or undesirable situation. It is designed to fix or resolve issues in various fields, such as behavior, performance, health, or even mechanical systems. For example, corrective measures, corrective actions, corrective lenses, and corrective surgery.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Correctiveadjective

    having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties

  2. Correctiveadjective

    qualifying; limiting

  3. Correctivenoun

    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. Correctivenoun

    limitation; restriction

  5. Etymology: [Cf. F. correctif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Corrective in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Corrective in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Corrective in a Sentence

  1. Jaime Matheson:

    The student in question did receive a lunch. Students who come up to the lunch line without money receive a lunch of an entrée or sandwich plus side dishes or fresh fruit and milk. An employee of the company would not be let go because they provide this lunch to a student, we can't get into specifics because personnel decisions are confidential to honor privacy, however employees receive and sign their acknowledgment to company policies. When these aren't followed, corrective action is put in place, up to and including termination. We're all proud of our ability to provide meals to those in need.

  2. Benjamin Weinthal:

    We expectUNRWAto review the allegations, investigate them, and if warranted, take disciplinary or other corrective actionin line with UN policies, up to and including termination of employment or contracts,andhold anyone found to have engaged in suchconduct accountable.

  3. Emmanuel Macron:

    Look where we are on welfare. We plow a chunk of cash into subsistence benefits, and people are still poor. There's no way out. People who are born poor stay poor, i'll spell out where we're at, that we're piling too much dough into a welfare system that's focused on corrective treatment.

  4. James Hollis:

    We should ask if there is another dimension to it (the striking coincidence) that would ask of me, what change of attitude and what insight I might draw from this, is there a task there that is corrective to my way of looking at things?

  5. Dana Santas:

    Walking is the most underrated, corrective, mind-body, fat-burning exercise available to humans, i walk every single day.

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