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{
"term": "correction",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a change that makes something more accurate than it was before",
"sensetop": "correction (to something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've made a few small corrections to your report."
},
{
"text": "The paper had to publish a correction to the story."
},
{
"text": "I've got to make one or two small corrections to the text before it's finished."
},
{
"text": "Make any necessary corrections before the text is printed."
},
{
"text": "Now is the time to make any course corrections."
},
{
"text": "These stock-market corrections were expected."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["minor", "small", "necessary"],
"verb + correction": ["make", "need", "require"],
"correction + noun": ["fluid"],
"preposition": ["for correction", "correction to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act or process of correcting something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are some programming errors that need correction."
},
{
"text": "The work was returned the student for correction."
},
{
"text": "in-flight course correction"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["minor", "small", "necessary"],
"verb + correction": ["make", "need", "require"],
"correction + noun": ["fluid"],
"preposition": ["for correction", "correction to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "punishment",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the correction of young offenders"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrekʃn/",
"audio": "co/correction/correction__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈrekʃn/",
"audio": "co/correction/correction__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’."
}