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CORRECTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does correctable mean?
• CORRECTABLE (adjective)
The adjective CORRECTABLE has 2 senses:
1. capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent
2. capable of being corrected by additions
Familiarity information: CORRECTABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent
Context example:
a correctable image
Similar:
reversible (capable of reversing or being reversed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being corrected by additions
Synonyms:
amendable; correctable
Context example:
an amendable flaw
Similar:
corrigible (capable of being corrected or set right)
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