corrective

[ kuh-rek-tiv ]

adjective

1. tending to correct or rectify; remedial:

   corrective exercises.

noun

1. a means of correcting; corrective agent.

corrective

/ kəˈrɛktɪv /

adjective

1. tending or intended to correct

noun

1. something that tends or is intended to correct

Derived Forms

• corˈrectively, adverb

Other Words From

• cor·rective·ly adverb
• noncor·rective adjective noun
• noncor·rective·ly adverb
• uncor·rective adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrective¹

1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive

Example Sentences

The company is offering free corrective eye surgery for NFL officials as well as for anyone who is in such a capacity for a number of other U.S. sports leagues.

From Los Angeles Times

The Apple research, along with other findings about the limitations of AI bots’ cogitative limitations, is a much-needed corrective to the sales pitches coming from companies hawking their AI models and systems, including OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind lab.

From Los Angeles Times

The narrative inside government is that this is a “corrective” moment – essentially, cleaning up the damage done to the public finances by the pandemic, the energy shock, and what Labour would claim were damaging Tory decisions and “covering up” how bad things were in the run up to the summer’s General Election.

From BBC

A "corrective" certainly sounds like something painful.

From BBC

“Deadlifting takes pressure off the lower back — you’re learning to bend down properly — and it can be corrective to a lot of the everyday pains that people experience,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• curative
• disciplinary
• punitive
• remedial
• therapeutic