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Synonyms for correction
kəˈrɛk ʃəncor·rec·tion
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
correction
Synonyms:
amendment, discipline, emendation, chastisement, punishmentAntonyms:
deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, reward, recompense
Princeton's WordNet
correction, rectificationnoun
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectificationcorrection, fudge factornoun
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectificationcorrectionnoun
something substituted for an error
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectificationcorrection, chastening, chastisementnoun
a rebuke for making a mistake
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, castigation, chastisement, chastening, rectificationcorrectionnoun
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
"market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectificationdiscipline, correctionnoun
the act of punishing
"the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
Synonyms:
subject area, chastening, subject field, bailiwick, study, field, fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, subject, rectification, field of studycorrectionnoun
treatment of a specific defect
"the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
Synonyms:
fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
correctionnoun
Synonyms:
amendment, improvement, redresscorrectionnoun
Synonyms:
chastisement, punishment, discipline, castigationcorrectionnoun
Synonyms:
change (in quality, by something opposite), modification
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
correctionnoun
Synonyms:
rectification, amendment, emendation, discipline, punishment, counteraction
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "correction":
corrigendum, corrections, rectification, corrigenda, correcting, rectifications, correctional, marking, fixes, correctness, scoring, corrected, adjustment, patches, corrective, proofing, correct, fix, rating, remediation, answer, propriety
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
correction
Synonyms:
Making right, righting
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#259 | subject | |
#351 | rating | |
#508 | study | |
#574 | field | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1847 | correct | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2812 | amendment | |
#4296 | corrections | |
#4980 | patches | |
#5072 | correction | |
#5293 | adjustment | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#6116 | scoring | |
#7633 | fixes | |
#7790 | punishment | |
#8789 | corrected | |
#9180 | marking | |
#13548 | corrective | |
#14414 | remediation | |
#15723 | correctional | |
#17844 | correctness | |
#18229 | correcting | |
#25751 | proofing | |
#36412 | propriety | |
#46816 | rectification | |
#82122 | chastisement | |
#82287 | corrigendum | |
#121057 | bailiwick | |
#122172 | corrigenda | |
#194474 | chastening | |
#237287 | emendation | |
#283674 | castigation |
How to use correction in a sentence?
After this correction by the justice system, I have changed my outlook on life and my values.
If we do ever see a correction again and a bear market, my guess is those momentum companies in the Ark funds will do a lot worse.
This is clearly the indicators that are coming out of China, there is tremendous risk in this market right now; in addition, you haven't had a more than 5 percent correction (in U.S. stocks) in years, so we are so overdue for a correction.
The timing of a correction in the U.S. chip sector will likely determine the performances of Japanese technology shares.
The stock (Reliance Industries) had run up quite a bit and this correction was warranted for sometime.
Translations for correction
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- تصحيحArabic
- наказание, корекция, поправкаBulgarian
- correccióCatalan, Valencian
- opravaCzech
- Verbesserung, Korrektur, Berichtigung, BesserungsmaßnahmeGerman
- correcciónSpanish
- تصحیحPersian
- korjausFinnish
- correctionFrench
- ceartúIrish
- תיקוןHebrew
- javításHungarian
- correzioneItalian
- 修正, 訂正, 矯正Japanese
- correctioLatin
- Verbesserung, Korrektur, KorrektiounLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- correctie, verbeteringDutch
- correçãoPortuguese
- правка, поправка, исправительная мера, наказание, взыскание, исправление, коррекция, корректированиеRussian
- poprávekSlovene
- marekebishoSwahili
- тасҳеҳTajik
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