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# correction

noun (a correction, corrections)

«correction» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A correction is a change that makes something right that was wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#m1)
2. Correction is the act of putting mistakes right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#m2)
3. (formal) Correction can mean punishment, as in old prisons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school pupils do corrections: they fix mistakes marked by the teacher. Correction fluid or tape covers mistakes. In maths, checking and correction of answers is good practice. Phrases: make corrections, do your corrections, correction tape.

### Examples

- Do your corrections in green pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x1)
- The teacher made a correction to my spelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x2)
- There were three corrections on the board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x3)
- Use correction tape to cover the mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x4)
- The newspaper printed a correction the next day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x5)
- She took the correction kindly and tried again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: correct; adjective: correct, corrective. In maths, a correction changes a wrong answer to the right one; always show your working so the mistake can be found.

## In Jewish tradition

Discipline or teaching meant to turn a person from error, often by a parent or by God.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs treats correction as a sign of love. God corrects people as a father corrects a son.

### Examples

- Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x1)
- A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (Writings PRO.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x2)
- My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction; (Writings PRO.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Verb: correct; adjective: correct, corrective. In maths, a correction changes a wrong answer to the right one; always show your working so the mistake can be found.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «correction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correction/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«correction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/correction.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «correction» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«correction» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/correction.html) on Mova free.