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

Other Word Forms

• correctively adverb
• noncorrective adjective
• noncorrectively adverb
• uncorrective adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrective¹

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

Example Sentences

“We are taking immediate corrective actions and reinforcing our internal controls to prevent this from happening again.”

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Dr Farjo also warns that cheap, unregulated procedures, not only in Turkey, can sometimes lead to people needing "costly corrective surgery" to deal with scarring and "poor hairline design".

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Still, he and other textualists see the turn to dictionaries as an important corrective to interpretive excesses of the past.

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Local school districts will also be required to investigate complaints of antisemitism and take corrective action if they find instructional materials were “used in a classroom or an action occurred that resulted in unlawful discrimination.”

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Even if the corrective notices are mailed to voter households rather than individual voters, the postage alone is likely to be millions of dollars, in addition to the cost of printing the postcards.

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Related Words

• curative 
• disciplinary 
• punitive 
• remedial 
• therapeutic