corrective

  • 1corrective — adj remedial, restorative, sanative, *curative Analogous words: helping, aiding, assisting (see HELP vb): salutary, hygienic, *healthful corrective n Corrective, control, check, antidote are comparable in their extended senses where they denote… …

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  • 2corrective — Ⅰ. corrective UK US /kəˈrektɪv/ noun [C] ► something that improves something else: corrective to sth »This European report on the internet provides a corrective to the usual US based views. Ⅱ. corrective UK US /kəˈrektɪv/ adjective ► intended to… …

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  • 3Corrective — Cor*rect ive (k?rr r?k t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [1913 Webster] Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 4corrective — I (progressive) adjective alternative, amendatory, analeptic, antidotal, assuasive, counteractive, curative, emendatory, healing, improving, medicinal, modifying, palliative, progressive, rectifying, reformative, reformatory, remedial,… …

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  • 5corrective — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ designed to correct something undesirable. ► NOUN ▪ a corrective measure …

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  • 6corrective — [kə rek′tiv] adj. [Fr correctif < LL correctivus] tending or meant to correct or improve; remedial n. something corrective; remedy correctively adv …

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  • 7Corrective — Cor*rect ive, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Limitation;… …

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  • 8corrective — 16c., verb and noun, from Fr. correctif, from L. correct , pp. stem of corrigere (see CORRECT (Cf. correct)) …

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  • 9corrective — [adj] healing, curing antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic; concept 537 Ant. harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining …

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  • 10corrective — cor|rec|tive1 [kəˈrektıv] adj [usually before noun] intended to make something right or better again ▪ corrective surgery corrective action/measures ▪ corrective measures to deal with the country s serious economic decline corrective 2… …

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