From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcorrectivecor‧rec‧tive1 /kəˈrektɪv/ adjective [usually before noun]CUREREPAIRintended to make something right or better again
corrective surgerycorrective action/measures
corrective measures to deal with the country’s serious economic declineExamples from the Corpuscorrective• Putting things right, of course, is integral to qualityimprovement and this is where the corrective action teams come in.• Monitoring the time and budget of each chunk allows us to identify problems and take corrective action.• The report he submitted to his superiors accurately reflected the poor state of Volunteermorale and the need for immediatecorrective action.• This information could then be used by those controlling the production process to take appropriatecorrective action.• The growing crises of modernity are being met with corrective actions from a great many quarters.• This book presents a lens through which to view the emergentcorrectiveefforts so that their coherence might become more clear.• The development of pubretailing has shown a correctiveinstinct for seeking to set a purpose built business in the right location.• Doctors performedcorrectivesurgery to restore his sight.corrective action/measures• After a carefuldiagnosis he is able to prescribe intelligently the best remedial or corrective measures.• Off the gas, gentlesteeringcorrection; the vehicleresponds admirably to corrective action.• So why bother with corrective measures?• The relatively continuous use of standard system outputs to determine the necessity for corrective action.• The growing crises of modernity are being met with corrective actions from a great many quarters.• They can see what difficulties have arisen in the past and what corrective measures were taken to prevent their recurrence.• The effects of preventive and corrective measures will be monitored and the operation may be postponed until any problems have been resolved.correctivecorrective2 noun [countable usually singular] formalSOLVE/DEAL WITH A PROBLEMsomething that is intended to correct a fault or mistakecorrective to
The biography is a useful corrective to the myths that have grown up around this man.Examples from the Corpuscorrective• It is the astringentcorrective, as well as the flavouring, for olive-oil-based dishes and fatmeat.• It may be that the best corrective to them arises from frequentinteraction with a more benignreality.• There was one solitarycorrective to this gloomypicture.• Physicalexamination of the books on the shelves is a valuablecorrective to misinterpretations of the records.
