corrective
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a device for treating injury or disease
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- pack hyponym
- face pack hyponym
- pick-me-up hyponym
- prosthesis hyponym
Related & opposite
- recuperative derivation
Sense 2 adjective
designed to promote discipline
the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
Related & opposite
- discipline derivation
- chasten derivation
- discipline derivation
- nonindulgent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
corrective measures
Related & opposite
- correct derivation
- adjust derivation
- counterbalance derivation
- bettering similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recuperative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | face pack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick-me-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prosthesis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chasten |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonindulgent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | correct |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjust |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterbalance |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bettering |