Word Finder - corrects

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To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.

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The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

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(by extension) To grade (examination papers).

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To inform (someone) of their error.

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It's rude to correct your parents.

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To discipline; to punish.

From the above account it will be understood that not one of the four chief soil constituents is in itself of value for the growth of crops, yet when they are mixed, as they usually are in the soils met with in nature, one corrects the deficiencies of the other.

If in a well-known passage (Logic § 212) he seems to countenance the Spinoxistic view he immediately corrects it by assigning an " actualizing force " to this illusion and making it a " necessary dynamic element of truth."

In it he corrects his aunt, who had put up the wooden pillars of his Waterloo bridge "upside down."

He corrects Aristotle by himself.

Philosophy corrects in this way the abstractions which are inevitably made by the scientific specialist, and may claim, therefore, to be the only "concrete" science, that is to say, the only science which takes account of all the elements in the problem, and the only science whose results can claim to be true in more than a provisional sense.

In the case of a body moving relatively tothe earth, the introduction of centrifugal force only partially corrects the effect of the earth's rotation.

The following rule corrects many such cases from subordinating conjunction (CJS) to prepositions (PRP) tags.

The 2001 DVD release corrects the misspelling of Martine Beswick's name in the credits.

In-Camera red-eye Fix analyzes each image and automatically finds and corrects any accidental red-eye, which can occur in flash photography.

The new diagonal correction function. ⢠Through an original algorithm, which automatically detects trapezoids in images and corrects them to rectangles.

When the copy is in type a proof is struck off and sent to the reading closet, where the corrector of the press (see Proof-Reading), with the aid of a reading-boy, will compare it with the original MS. or copy, and mark all errors on the proof, so that they may be amended by the compositor at his own cost before it is despatched to the author or customer, who in turn revises or corrects it for the general improvement of the work.

In-Camera Red-Eye Fix analyzes each image and automatically finds and corrects any accidental red-eye, which can occur in flash photography.

So, just repeat that to yourself every time your mother corrects your posture and wakes you up at 9 AM on a Saturday and yells at you for leaving towels on the floor.

Surgery for snorers corrects structural problems that may interfere with the ability to breathe during sleep.

Sadly, Lasik corrects distance vision, and not everyone's a candidate.

Smith Optics corrects this by straightening out the incoming rays.

Exchange transfusion corrects anemia associated with the destruction of red blood cells and is effective in removing sensitized red blood cells before they are destroyed.

If COA is detected, with or without the child's presenting symptoms, medical and surgical treatment usually corrects the condition and reduces symptoms.

Monovision, where one contact lens corrects for distance vision while the other corrects for near vision, may be an option for persons with presbyopia.

As the child ages, the number and condition of T helper cells improves, and this situation corrects itself.

In some children, delayed maturation of certain IgG subclasses will make the condition a temporary one that corrects itself as more typical levels of the IgG antibodies develop.

For most children, surgery corrects the condition and allows normal use of the hands and feet.

Your mind automatically corrects mistakes as you read so that you sometimes don't consciously recognize them as mistakes.

This product line corrects damage in every layer of the skin by promoting new cell growth, correcting pigmentation, increasing collagen and elastin, and increasing hydration.

Most of the time, when a security flaw, hack, or scam is identified, Facebook corrects the situation with a few days.

He merely corrects slackness or lack of doing justice (Si archiepiscopus defecerit in justitia exhibenda) and by his writ (precepto) directs the controversy to be determined in the metropolitan's court.