correction

1. 1.

   the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

   Synonymsrectification

   Broaderimprovement

   Narrowerredressretributionrecompenseamendmentemendation
2. 2.

   a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

   Synonymsfudge factor

   Broaderindefinite quantity
3. 3.

   something substituted for an error

   Broaderediting

   Narrowererasure
4. 4.

   a rebuke for making a mistake

   Synonymschasteningchastisement

   Broaderrebuke
5. 5.

   a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

   “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”

   Broaderdrop
6. 6.

   the act of disciplining

   “the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received”

   Synonymsdiscipline

   Broaderpunishment

   Narrowerspanking
7. 7.

   treatment of a specific defect

   “the correction of his vision with eye glasses”

   Broadertherapy

   Narrowerfusion

Other forms of correction

plural

corrections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about correction

What does correction mean?

correction means "the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correction?

correction has 3 syllables: cor-rec-tion. The stress falls on "rec". In IPA it is /kɚˈɛkʃən/.

What is another word for correction?

Close synonyms include rectification, fudge factor, chastening, chastisement, discipline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is correction a common word?

correction is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with correction?

3 words rhyme with correction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.