{
    "term": "correction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a change that makes something more accurate than it was before",
            "sensetop": "correction (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've made a few small corrections to your report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paper had to publish a correction to the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got to make one or two small corrections to the text before it's finished."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make any necessary corrections before the text is printed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now is the time to make any course corrections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These stock-market corrections were expected."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["minor", "small", "necessary"],
                "verb + correction": ["make", "need", "require"],
                "correction + noun": ["fluid"],
                "preposition": ["for correction", "correction to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act or process of correcting something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are some programming errors that need correction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The work was returned the student for correction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "in-flight course correction"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["minor", "small", "necessary"],
                "verb + correction": ["make", "need", "require"],
                "correction + noun": ["fluid"],
                "preposition": ["for correction", "correction to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "punishment",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the correction of young offenders"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈrekʃn/",
                "audio": "co/correction/correction__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈrekʃn/",
                "audio": "co/correction/correction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’."
}