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English-russian accounting dictionary. 2014.
English-russian accounting dictionary. 2014.
corrective — adj remedial, restorative, sanative, *curative Analogous words: helping, aiding, assisting (see HELP vb): salutary, hygienic, *healthful corrective n Corrective, control, check, antidote are comparable in their extended senses where they denote… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
corrective — Ⅰ. corrective UK US /kəˈrektɪv/ noun [C] ► something that improves something else: corrective to sth »This European report on the internet provides a corrective to the usual US based views. Ⅱ. corrective UK US /kəˈrektɪv/ adjective ► intended to… … Financial and business terms
Corrective — Cor*rect ive (k?rr r?k t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [1913 Webster] Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corrective — I (progressive) adjective alternative, amendatory, analeptic, antidotal, assuasive, counteractive, curative, emendatory, healing, improving, medicinal, modifying, palliative, progressive, rectifying, reformative, reformatory, remedial,… … Law dictionary
corrective — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ designed to correct something undesirable. ► NOUN ▪ a corrective measure … English terms dictionary
corrective — [kə rek′tiv] adj. [Fr correctif < LL correctivus] tending or meant to correct or improve; remedial n. something corrective; remedy correctively adv … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Limitation;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corrective — 16c., verb and noun, from Fr. correctif, from L. correct , pp. stem of corrigere (see CORRECT (Cf. correct)) … Etymology dictionary
corrective — [adj] healing, curing antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic; concept 537 Ant. harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining … New thesaurus
corrective — cor|rec|tive1 [kəˈrektıv] adj [usually before noun] intended to make something right or better again ▪ corrective surgery corrective action/measures ▪ corrective measures to deal with the country s serious economic decline corrective 2… … Dictionary of contemporary English
corrective — I UK [kəˈrektɪv] / US adjective formal 1) designed to solve or improve a physical problem corrective shoes/lenses/surgery 2) corrective action is intended to make a bad situation better II UK [kəˈrektɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms… … English dictionary