corrective
/kəˈɹɛktɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.29 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
noun
Something that corrects or counteracts something.
Example Sentences
- "As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes."
- "Since the accident I've had to wear a corrective brace."
- "Alway remember, that yf any other humour do abounde in the choleryke persone, as fleume, or melancolye, than vntyll that humour be expelled, the diete must be correctiue of that humour, and therfore more hotte and fyne, than the natural dyete before rehersed:"
- "The Justice that relates to Men, is either Universal, which gives us the Character of Good Men; or particular, and this is either Distributive or Corrective Justice. […] To corrective Justice belongs the punishment of Crimes."
- "In the finished pieces of his youth, when he [John Milton] had a critical eye at every hour on every page, we find no want of corrective touches."
- "Molly and Cynthia were out walking when she came—doing some errands for Mrs. Gibson, who had a secret idea that Lady Harriet would call at the particular time she did, and had a not uncommon wish to talk to her ladyship without the corrective presence of any member of her own family."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈɹɛktɪv/
- British English: /kəˈɹɛktɪv/