correction
exclamation/kəˈrekʃn/
/kəˈrekʃn/
(informal)- used when you want to correct something that you have just said
- I don't know. Correction—I do know, but I'm not going to tell you.
Express Yourself Correcting yourselfCorrecting yourselfWhen you say something that was not quite what you intended, you can correct yourself in various ways:- I'll be there at five fifteen, I mean five fifty—ten to six.
- It'll be Tuesday—sorry, I meant to say Thursday.
- Sorry, what I mean is we need two handouts per person.
- We can meet in the conference centre—or rather in front of the centre.
- The painter—or should I say the sculptor?—was born in Padua.
- It's one t and double s—no, sorry, one s and double t.
- It's on the fifth floor—no, actually, it's the fourth.
- Can I get two lattes and an espresso—no, scratch that—three lattes?
- There are three items on tonight's agenda. Correction, four items.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’.
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