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- Dictionarycorrective/kəˈrɛktɪv/
adjective
- 1. designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: "management were informed so that corrective action could be taken" Similar
noun
- 1. a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: "the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals"
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corrective. adjective. uk / kəˈrek.tɪv / us / kəˈrek.tɪv / Add to word list. intended to improve a situation: corrective measures / action. used to refer to something that is intended to cure a medical condition: corrective surgery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useful or advantageous. a pearl of great price idiom.
The meaning of CORRECTIVE is intended to correct. How to use corrective in a sentence.
Corrective definition: tending to correct or rectify; remedial. See examples of CORRECTIVE used in a sentence.
intended to improve a situation: corrective measures / action. used to refer to something that is intended to cure a medical condition: corrective surgery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useful or advantageous. a pearl of great price idiom. a place in the sun idiom. advantageous.
Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong. Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action. He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition. “ corrective measures”. “ corrective lenses”. synonyms: bettering. changing for the better. noun. a device for treating injury or disease. synonyms: restorative.
corrective - tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes. Wiktionary. Qualifying; limiting. Wiktionary. Synonyms: disciplinal. disciplinary. reformistic. reformational. penological. melioristic. inflictive. gradualistic. revisory. salutary. rectifying.
intended to improve or correct something: corrective surgery / lenses. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of corrective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of corrective.
corrective meaning, definition, what is corrective: intended to make something right or bett...: Learn more.
