corrective
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- correctively adverb
- noncorrective adjective
- noncorrectively adverb
- uncorrective adjective
Etymology
Origin of corrective
1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive
Example Sentences
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“Department personnel continue to work with the third-party telecommunications provider to determine the root cause of the outage and identify corrective measures to help prevent this issue from occurring again.”
From Los Angeles Times
Nasa said it will accept this as the final report and is taking corrective actions to address the findings.
From BBC
If the victors wrote the history, Eve MacDonald offers an important corrective in “Carthage.”
Woodson viewed the observance as a corrective—a temporary intervention designed to ensure black history would be taught throughout the year as part of American history.
With nearly 70% of Chinese household wealth tied to a property market that remains in a multiyear corrective phase, the appetite for $3,000 handbags has vanished along with home equity.
From MarketWatch
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