corrective
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of corrective
1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive
Example Sentences
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The answers come in Rowan Jacobsen’s “In Defense of Sunlight,” a corrective to the claim that the sun is something to be shunned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
"ZDF had already added a corrective transparency notice to the broadcast on Saturday."
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
That’s a necessary corrective, according to some Republicans.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
And this is a really useful corrective to the notion that every single time there’s smoke, there’s fire.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
The old ones are probably pinching her toes and she’ll leam to walk pigeon-toed, and then we’ll have to get her some corrective braces, on and on and on.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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