The meaning of CORRECTIVE is intended to correct. How to use corrective in a sentence.

CORRECTIVE definition: 1. intended to improve a situation: 2. used to refer to something that is intended to cure a…. Learn more.

CORRECTIVE definition: tending to correct or rectify; remedial. See examples of corrective used in a sentence.

Define corrective. corrective synonyms, corrective pronunciation, corrective translation, English dictionary definition of corrective. adj. Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.

Definition of corrective adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If something is a corrective to a particular view or account, it gives a more accurate or fairer picture than there would have been without it.

Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.

Synonyms for CORRECTIVE: reformative, beneficial, remedial, amendatory, rectifying, reformatory, therapeutic, reparative; Antonyms of CORRECTIVE: compensatory, nonpunitive, …

People with bad eyesight usually need to wear corrective lenses, such as eyeglasses or contact lenses. The President's speech was intended to be a corrective [= remedy] to the country's …

(Definition of corrective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)