What is another word for correction?
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
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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?
We need to more information before markets have a further correction or get comfortable things won't escalate further, markets will be very jumpy until there's increasing confidence the virus is abating and that it won't be a global pandemic.
Crude is marginally lower today on a surprise build in U.S. crude stocks... On the flipside, however, crude is also supported by a weaker dollar and the prospect of higher U.S. stimulus, u.S. crude stocks have been falling for last five weeks and this has been one of the key factors in keeping price at elevated levels. If EIA also confirms an increase in crude stocks, we may see some more correction in prices.
Our six-to-12 month view is that this is another mid-cycle sort of correction that really began last year.
We don't know if this correction will be modest or significant, a full-blown bear market or worse, lacking sufficient information to make an informed decision, I only suggest you don't make wild unsubstantiated guesses with your portfolios.
I had a call last week from another agent wanting to know if a seller of a transaction we just did would allow the buyer to back out, because they had just recently lost a huge amount of money in the Chinese stock market correction.
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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