Correcting Meaning in English

word · lemma: correct

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التعريف

The act of making something right or fixing mistakes, especially in writing, speech, or actions.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Correcting' is commonly used for fixing errors in homework, papers, speech, or behavior. It's neutral in tone. Can refer to physical corrections (writing) or actions/social behavior. Not used for large-scale repairs ('repairing'). Common collocations: 'correcting mistakes,' 'correcting grammar.'

• Spanish: corrigiendo
• Portuguese (BR): corrigindo
• Portuguese (PT): corrigindo
• Chinese (Simplified): 纠正
• Chinese (Traditional): 糾正
• Hindi: ठीक करना
• Arabic: تصحيح
• Bengali: সংশোধন করা - ঠিক করা
• Russian: исправление
• Japanese: 訂正すること - 修正すること
• Vietnamese: sửa lỗi - chỉnh sửa
• Korean: 고치기 - 수정하기
• Turkish: düzeltme
• Urdu: درست کرنا
• Indonesian: mengoreksi - memperbaiki (kesalahan)

جمل نموذجية

He spent hours correcting errors in the report.

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She is correcting her homework.

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The teacher is correcting papers.

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He keeps correcting my pronunciation.

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I'm always correcting little things in my essays before submitting them.

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Could you stop correcting me all the time?

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