correction
/kəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/kəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/
kəˈrɛkʃən
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
kə - ˈrɛkʃən -> correction
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
correction /kǝ'rekʃn/ n
၁။ [U] အမှားပြင်ခြင်း။ အမှားပြင်ချက်။
Your work still contains mistakes which need correction.
၂။ [C] (က) (မှန်သွားအောင်) ပြုပြင်မွမ်းမံမှု။
She made a few small corrections to the minutes of the meeting.
(ခ) (အမှား)ခြစ်ရာ။ an exercise with corrections all over it in red ink.
၃။ (infml ) (ပြောလိုက်သည့် စကားတစ်ခွန်းကို ရုတ်ခြည်းပြန်လည်ပြင်ဆင်ပြောလိုသည့်အခါ သုံးသောစကား)။ Why do you dislike me? Correction—why do you make such a show of disliking me?
၄။ [U] (dated euph ) (ပြစ်ဒဏ်)အဆုံးအမ။
the correction of young offenders.
More examples
- Spelling corrections
- [make a correction] : I’ve made a few small corrections in your essay.
- [issue/publish a correction] : The Minister was forced to issue a correction.
- Some factual errors that need correction
- The time is 11.28. Correction, 11.38.
- [correction of] : Correction of sight problems by lenses or surgery
- Automatic correction of the flight path
- Minor corrections to the steering mechanism
- Correction for the difference in age did not affect the result.
Synonyms
alteration, improvement, rectification, modification, amendment, adjustment, tweak, adjustment; fixing, admonition, amelioration, amending, castigation, changing, chastisement, discipline, editing, emendation, indemnification, mending, punishment, punition, redress, reexamination, reformation, remodeling, repair, reparation, reproof, rereading, revisal, revising, righting, rod
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