[
UK
/kəɹˈɛktɪv/
]
[ US /kɝˈɛktɪv/ ]
[ US /kɝˈɛktɪv/ ]
NOUN
- a device for treating injury or disease
ADJECTIVE
-
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
corrective measures
corrective lenses -
designed to promote discipline
the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
disciplinal measures
the mother was stern and disciplinary
How To Use corrective In A Sentence
- We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.
- He would murmur a quiet corrective now and then, or insert an informative note, but never parade his learning.
- Coronet Foods has been aggressively investigating and taking corrective action.
- Maybe our series provides a corrective to some reality TV. Times, Sunday Times
- The biography is a useful corrective to the myths that have grown up around this man.
- For example, a short-sighted person might meet one test for disability, whilst with corrective lenses few would regard his myopia as a disability.
- His emphasis on material austerity directly challenges our modern addiction to comfort, one of the Celtic tradition's most important correctives to our present mindset.
- Minor corrective surgery can help and some understanding reassurance could help your wife too. The Sun
- He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
- If you have used salt throughout the winter to de-ice sidewalks, take this corrective step to protect landscape plants.
