corrective
adjective/kəˈrektɪv/
/kəˈrektɪv/
(formal)- designed to make something right that was wrong before
- We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.
- corrective measures
- corrective surgery/glasses
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorrective is used with these nouns:- action
- measure
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’.
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