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

Safety Commission Chief Operating Officer Sharmila Samarasinghe said Tuesday the commission has approved 20 of 21 corrective action plans Metro was required to submit after the audit.

From Washington Post

Funnel analysis can also help you spot barriers that are inhibiting conversions so that you can take corrective action.

From Search Engine Land

In April of 2019, Clarke and Wyden introduced a bill, the Algorithmic Accountability Act, that would require big companies to audit their machine-learning systems for bias and take corrective action in a timely manner if such issues were identified.

From MIT Technology Review

MiSight 1 day corrective contact lenses are the first to slow the pace in children at the critical ages 8 to 12, when myopia is typically diagnosed and still relatively mild.

From Popular-Science

Beyond benchmarks for measuring progress, safety commission members asked Samarasinghe who would hold Metro accountable for making the necessary changes once its corrective action plans are approved.

From Washington Post

As far as I was concerned, once I had corrective surgery I was just a female.

From The Daily Beast

As a cultural corrective, Hayes is currently touring in a one-man show titled Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes.

From The Daily Beast

Corrective action was taken to address this issue swiftly.

From The Daily Beast

No matter: The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a welcome corrective to the myths and misconceptions.

From The Daily Beast

And the rational corrective is invariably slow and painstaking.

From The Daily Beast

Its increasing independence of the ostensible career makes it the organ of corrective criticism; it accumulates disturbing energy.

From Project Gutenberg

The only check or corrective is, constant verification by psychological and ethological laws.

From Project Gutenberg

But a splendid corrective came soon afterwards in the crowning naval victory of Trafalgar.

From Project Gutenberg

Often intellectual labor is the true antidote and corrective of this state of feeling.

From Project Gutenberg

The readiest and surest corrective for the excessive greed of our girls for society is to carry on the system of co-education.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• curative
• disciplinary
• punitive
• remedial
• therapeutic