correction
/kə'rɛkʃən/
noun
10 letters3 syllables14 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
NOUN
1
The act of disciplining.
2
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right.
3
A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure.
4
A rebuke for making a mistake.
5
A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases.
“market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
6
Something substituted for an error.
7
Treatment of a specific defect.
“the correction of his vision with eye glasses”
WORD FORMS
Related formcorrect
Related formcorrectional
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®17 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinorrectioncay
Starts & ends withC … N
Syllablescor · rec · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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