corrective
/kəˈrɛktɪv/
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American sound/kəˈrɛktɪv/
kəˈrɛktɪv
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kə - ˈrɛktɪv -> corrective
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အမှားမှအမှန်သို့ရောက်ရှိစေသော။ (n) အမှားမှအမှန်သို့ရောက်ရှိစေသော အရာ။
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corrective /kǝ'rektÇv/ adj
ပြုပြင်၊ တည့်မတ်ပေးသော။
take corrective action ❍ corrective training (ie to improve the behaviour of young criminals) ❍ corrective surgery for a deformed leg.
n ~ (to sth)
(အမြင်၊ ခံယူချက် စသည်ကို)မှန်အောင် ပြုပြင် တည့်မတ်ပေးသော အရာ။
Experiences of this kind provide a useful corrective to the popular myth about modern technology.
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remedial, counteractive, curative, antidotal, antidote, antivenin, biologic, catholicon, counteractant, counteracting, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, cure, curing, disciplinary, educative, elixir vitae, healing, healing agent, help, helpful, medicament, medicant, medication, negator, neutralizer, nullifier, palliative, penal, pharmacon, physic, proprietary, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedy, restora-tive, restorative, therapeutic, therapeutics
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