English-Thai Dictionary

corrective

ADJ ที่ เป็นการ ทำให้ ถูกต้อง  remedial restorative ti-pen-kan-tam-hai-tuk-tong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORRECTIVE

a.Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; tending to rectify; as corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali.

 

CORRECTIVE

n. 1. That which has the power of correcting; that which has the quality of altering or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.
2. Limitation; restriction. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORRECTIVE

Cor *rect "ive (krr-rk "tv ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctif. ]

 

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.

 

2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth... this corrective particle. " Holdsworth.

 

CORRECTIVE

CORRECTIVE Cor *rect "ive, n.

 

1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.

 

2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corrective

cor rec tive |kəˈrektiv kəˈrɛktɪv | ▶adjective designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: management was informed so that corrective action could be taken. ▶noun a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals. DERIVATIVES cor rec tive ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order, ’ from the verb corrigere (see correct ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

corrective

cor ¦rect |ive |kəˈrɛktɪv | ▶adjective designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: management were informed so that corrective action could be taken. ▶noun a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals. DERIVATIVES correctively adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order ’ from the verb corrigere (see correct ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corrective

corrective adjective corrective shoes: remedial, therapeutic, restorative, curative, reparative, rehabilitative.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corrective

corrective adjective 1 he agreed to undergo corrective surgery: remedial, therapeutic, restorative, curative, reparatory, reparative, rehabilitative, ameliorative. 2 he was sentenced to four years in a corrective labour camp: correctional, punitive, penal, disciplinary, disciplinarian, castigatory, reformatory; rare penitentiary, punitory, castigative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corrective

cor rec tive /kəréktɪv /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(誤り 欠点などの )矯正 [修復 ]の (ための )〈措置など 〉▸ corrective surgery 矯正外科手術 名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗矯正手段, 誤りを正すもの ; (考え方 説明の )修正, 見直し .