correction

• correxion (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɛkʃən/

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• Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧tion
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)

1. The act of correcting.
2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
3. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
4. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
5. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
6. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

   I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.

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Borrowed from Latin corrēctiō, corrēctiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/

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correction f (plural corrections)

1. correction (all senses)
2. propriety (quality of being proper or correct)

• correct
• correcteur
• correctif
• corriger

• “correction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).