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correction

🇬🇧 UK/kә'rekʃәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A change made to fix an error or mistake; the act of making something right; punishment meant to reform.

改正,纠正;订正处;惩戒

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cortogether, with
+
rectstraight, right
+
ionact, process, state
=correction

Common Collocations

  • 1.spelling correction拼写更正
  • 2.correction tape修正带

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The newspaper published a correction to apologize for the error in their previous article.

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