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correct

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–verb (used with object)
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to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
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to point out or mark the errors in: The teacher corrected the examination papers.
3.
to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve: Should parents correct their children in public?
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to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable): The medication will correct stomach acidity.
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Mathematics, Physics . to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition.
–verb (used without object)
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to make a correction or corrections.
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(of stock prices) to reverse a trend, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions.
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conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate: a correct answer.
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in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper: correct behavior.
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correction

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–noun
1.
something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
2.
the act of correcting.
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punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.
4.
Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.
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a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course.
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a reversal of the trend of stock prices, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.
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explore

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–verb (used with object)
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to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
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to look into closely; scrutinize; examine: Let us explore the possibilities for improvement.
3.
Surgery . to investigate into, esp. mechanically, as with a probe.
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Obsolete . to search for; search out.
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to engage in exploration.
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exploration

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–noun
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an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
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the investigation of unknown regions.
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admire

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–verb (used with object)
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to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
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to regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically): I admire your audacity.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to feel or express admiration.
4.
Dialect . to take pleasure; like or desire: I would admire to go.

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admiration

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–noun
1.
a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
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the act of looking on or contemplating with pleasure: admiration of fine paintings.
3.
an object of wonder, pleasure, or approval: The dancer was the admiration of everyone.
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Archaic . wonder; astonishment.
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1. approval; esteem, regard; affection.

—Antonyms
1. condemnation.

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subtract

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–verb (used with object)
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to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
2.
Mathematics . to take (one number or quantity) from another; deduct.
–verb (used without object)
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to take away something or a part, as from a whole.
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subtraction

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–noun
1.
an act or instance of subtracting.
2.
Mathematics . the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (−).
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examine

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–verb (used with object), -ined, -in·ing.
1.
to inspect or scrutinize carefully: to examine a prospective purchase.
2.
to observe, test, or investigate (a person's body or any part of it), esp. in order to evaluate general health or determine the cause of illness.
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to inquire into or investigate: to examine one's motives.
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to test the knowledge, reactions, or qualifications of (a pupil, candidate, etc.), as by questions or assigning tasks.
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to subject to legal inquisition; put to question in regard to conduct or to knowledge of facts; interrogate: to examine a witness; to examine a suspect.
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examination

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–noun
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the act of examining; inspection; inquiry; investigation.
2.
the state of being examined.
3.
the act or process of testing pupils, candidates, etc., as by questions.
4.
the test itself; the list of questions asked.
5.
the answers, statements, etc., made by one examined.
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Law . formal interrogation
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separate

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–verb (used with object)
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to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
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to put, bring, or force apart; part: to separate two fighting boys.
3.
to set apart; disconnect; dissociate: to separate church and state.
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separation

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–noun
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an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
2.
a place, line, or point of parting.
3.
a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
4.
something that separates or divides.
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alter

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–verb (used with object)
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to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify:
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alteration

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–noun
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the act or process of altering; the state of being altered: Alteration will improve the dress.
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a change; modification or adjustment:
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observe

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verb (used with object)
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to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
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to regard with attention, esp. so as to see or learn something:
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observation

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–noun
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an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
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an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching.
3.
the faculty or habit of observing or noticing.
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reflect

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–verb (used with object)
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to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
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to give back or show an image of; mirror.
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reflection

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–noun
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the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
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an image; representation; counterpart.
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a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration.
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substitute

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noun
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a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
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to put (a person or thing) in the place of another.
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to take the place of; replace.
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1. alternative, replacement, equivalent. n-

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substitution

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— n
1. the act of substituting or state of being substituted
2. something or someone substituted

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confess

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–verb (used with object)
1.
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
2.
to own or admit as true: I must confess that I haven't read the book.
3.
to declare or acknowledge (one's sins), esp. to god or a priest in order to obtain absolution.
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confession

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noun
1.
acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence.
2.
acknowledgment or disclosure of sin or sinfulness, esp. to a priest to obtain absolution.
3.
something that is confessed.
4.
a formal, usually written, acknowledgment of guilt by a person accused of a crime.
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pollute

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–verb (used with object), -lut·ed, -lut·ing.
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to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
2.
to make morally unclean; defile.
3.
to render ceremonially impure; desecrate:
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pollution

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–noun
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the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
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the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment: air pollution
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irritate

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–verb (used with object)
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to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
2.
Physiology, Biology . to excite (a living system) to some characteristic action or function.
3.
Pathology . to bring (a body part) to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition.
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irritation

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–noun
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the act of irritating or the state of being irritated.
2.
something that irritates.
3.
Physiology, Pathology .
a.
the bringing of a bodily part or organ to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition.
b.
the condition itself.
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coordination

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noun
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the act or state of coordinating or of being coordinated.
2.
proper order or relationship.
3.
harmonious combination or interaction, as of functions or parts.
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coordinate

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–adjective
1.
of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
2.
involving coordination.
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