correction

American  

[kuh-rek-shuhn] / kəˈrɛk ʃən /

noun

1. something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.

2. the act of correcting.

3. punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.

4. Usually corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.

5. a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem.

   A five degree correction will put the ship on course.

6. a reversal of the trend of stock prices, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.

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correction British  

/ kəˈrɛkʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of correcting

2. something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement

3. the act or process of punishing; reproof

4. a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy

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Usage

What is a correction? A correction is something substituted for something that is wrong or inaccurate, such as when a newspaper issues a correction to a story it got wrong.A correction is also an adjustment or addition to something to make it more accurate, as when you make a steering correction while driving to ensure you are in the center of your lane.A correction is also a punishment that is meant to help you reform or improve. This is the type of correction connected with prisons, also called correctional facilities.Example: We are applying a correction to the story after it came out that one of the sources was lying.

Other Word Forms

• noncorrection noun
• precorrection noun

Etymology

Origin of correction

1300–50; Middle English correccio ( u ) n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin corrēctiōn- (stem of corrēctiō ) a setting straight. See correct, -ion

Example Sentences

The insulin pump maker said it initiated a voluntary medical device correction for certain lots of Omnipod 5 Pods after identifying a manufacturing issue.

From Barron's

The S&P 500 is down less than 1% year to date, but one analyst warns this is just the first stage of a deeper correction.

From Barron's

The paper also contained meaningful data errors that required correction, weakening the conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis.

From Salon

Economists have warned that a sustained run-up in oil prices risks creating inflation and a stock market correction, in addition to pain at the pump for drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even with these corrections, they still rank as the two warmest years recorded since instrumental measurements began.

From Science Daily