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Definition of corrective noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

corrective

noun
 
/kəˈrektɪv/
 
/kəˈrektɪv/
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  1. corrective (to something) something that helps to give a more accurate or fairer view of somebody/something
    • I should like to add a corrective to what I have written previously.
    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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