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Word entry · 10 letters

corrective

Best crossword clue

"Meant to fix"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /kəˈɹɛktɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cceeiorrtvStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.
  • Since the accident I've had to wear a corrective brace.
  • In the finished pieces of his youth, when he [John Milton] had a critical eye at every hour on every page, we find no want of corrective touches.

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