Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong |
Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults |
Correction (n.) That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong |
Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities |
Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument |
Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively |
Mark (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque. |
Mark (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc. |
Mark (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money |
Mark (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything |
Mark (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made |
Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write. |
Mark (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc. |
Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign |
Mark (n.) An evidence of presence, agency, or influence |
Mark (n.) That toward which a missile is directed |
Mark (n.) Attention, regard, or respect. |
Mark (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact |
Mark (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station. |
Mark (n.) Preeminence |
Mark (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute |
Mark (n.) A number or other character used in registring |
Mark (n.) Image |
Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps." |
Mark (v. t.) To put a mark upon |
Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon |
Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action |
Mark (v. t.) To keep account of |
Mark (v. t.) To notice or observe |
Mark (v. i.) To take particular notice |
Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law |
Re-mark (v. t.) To mark again, or a second time |
Trade-mark (n.) A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. |
bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
correction rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake, setting right |
correction | treatment of a specific defect, the correction of his vision with eye glasses |
discipline correction | the act of punishing, the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received |
house of correction | (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences |
shoulder board shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
mark | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember, it was in London that he made his mark, he left an indelible mark on the American theater |
stretch mark | a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) |
crisscross cross mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
chatter mark | a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece |
scratch scrape scar mark | an indication of damage |
burn burn mark | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
strawberry strawberry mark hemangioma simplex | a soft red birthmark |
mark of Cain | the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature |
correction | a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases, market runups are invariably followed by a correction |
mark grade score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance), she made good marks in algebra, grade A milk, what was your score on your homework? |
error correction code ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
correction | something substituted for an error |
Mark Gospel According to Mark | the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
letter of marque letters of marque letter of mark and reprisal | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation |
sign mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened), he showed signs of strain, they welcomed the signs of spring |
correction chastening chastisement | a rebuke for making a mistake |
hypertext markup language hypertext mark-up language HTML | a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents |
mark stigma brand stain | a symbol of disgrace or infamy, And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis |
mark print | a visible indication made on a surface, some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks, paw prints were everywhere |
hoofprint hoof mark hoof-mark | a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal |
mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation), his answer was just a punctuation mark |
call mark call number pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate shelf location |
check mark check tick | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc., as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name |
diacritical mark diacritic | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
ditto mark ditto | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated |
dollar mark dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars |
dollar dollar mark dollar sign | a symbol of commercialism or greed, he worships the almighty dollar, the dollar sign means little to him |
accent accent mark | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
stress mark | a mark indicating the stress on a syllable |
punctuation punctuation mark | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
exclamation mark exclamation point | a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation |
question mark interrogation point | a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question |
quotation mark quote inverted comma | a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else |
authentication hallmark assay-mark | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity |
service stripe hashmark hash mark | an insignia worn to indicate years of service |
benchmark bench mark | a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point |
lubber's line lubber line lubber's mark lubber's point | a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading |
target mark | a reference point to shoot at, his arrow hit the mark |
marker marking mark | a distinguishing symbol, the owner's mark was on all the sheep |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
high-water mark | a line marking the highest level reached |
low-water mark | a line marking the lowest level reached |
ripple mark | one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind |
chump fool gull mark patsy fall guy sucker soft touch mug | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |