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Synonyms for corrective
kəˈrɛk tɪvcor·rec·tive

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  1. corrective

    Synonyms:
    regulative, alterative, preventative, restorative

    Antonyms:
    confirmative, conducive, provocative, stimulative, intensitive

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. corrective, restorativeadjective

    a device for treating injury or disease

    Synonyms:
    restorative, tonic

    Antonyms:
    indulgent, worsening

  2. corrective, disciplinary, disciplinaladjective

    designed to promote discipline

    "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

    Synonyms:
    disciplinary, disciplinal

    Antonyms:
    worsening, indulgent

  3. correctiveadjective

    tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

    "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"

    Synonyms:
    disciplinary, disciplinal

    Antonyms:
    worsening, indulgent

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  1. correctiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary emendatory

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. corrective

    Synonyms:
    Corrigent, see there

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How to use corrective in a sentence?

  1. Chairman Habil Khorakiwala:

    We will continue to have a dialogue with them since they have seen all our facilities, and the issues are in front of them, we have given the whole program of corrective measures.

  2. Keith Lerner:

    There's a little bit of a vacuum in the market for the next several weeks, we're in this corrective phase, and it likely has further to go.

  3. Arturo Merino Núñez:

    At this stage all possible hypotheses are going to be studied with an open mind, we are all pilots and want to know what happened to the aircraft to take corrective measures, if there were any to take. That is also very distressing for us because we have to continue operating the plane, Antarctic campaigns have to continue.

  4. Smile Train CEO Susannah Schaefer:

    Providing corrective surgery to just one child may not only save a life, but also give them the opportunity to become an engaged, productive member of the community, this creates a ripple effect of impact that benefits families, communities and entire regions.

  5. Tiffany Myrick:

    I knew it just by their performance during the smoke sessions how they stood out, a lot of people were kind of hurting and they still looked strong -- smoke session is like exercises and corrective training. That is what made them stand out was their performance during all the physical events.


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