🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Corrección

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko.rekˈsjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Correctness/kəˈrɛkt.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La corrección de los datos fue verificada antes de la publicación."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being correct.

    "The correctness of the data was verified before publication."
  2. 2

    Conformity to fact or truth.

    "The correctness of his statement was questioned during the debate."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'correctness' originates from the Latin 'correctus', meaning 'to set right', which evolved through Old French before entering Middle English. The meaning has shifted over time from simply 'right' to encompass notions of accuracy and propriety.

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