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
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Pig Latinorrectioncay
Starts & ends withC … N
Syllablescor · rec · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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