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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?
I think we know well that the A380 market is untested when it comes to second-hand aircraft, what we do know is that the order book of the A380 is weak and ... that some current users wish to sell their existing planes. On top of that situation, where everyone knows that in 2017 or the year after some aircraft are coming back to the market, you have the recipe for a correction in terms of lease pricing.
But they are projected to rise again next year and exceed $1 trillion annually within a decade, meanwhile, debt levels are the highest they have ever been other than around World War II, and without a serious course correction they will only continue to rise over the long run.
It's a correction that I think is caused by the The Federal Reserve, with interest rates.
The U.S. stock market rally could continue but at some stage there's going to be a significant correction, and the more it goes up, the more it's going to correct.
The Department of Correction is doing everything we can to safely and humanely house people in our custody amid the broader COVID-19 crisis.
Translations for correction
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- 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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