Verb (used with object) : The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight. ,The teacher corrected the examination papers. ,Should parents correct their children in public? ,The medication will correct stomach acidity. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a correct answer. ,correct behavior. From Dictionary.com.
The counter-phobic tend to over-correct by blurting. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Offense, Playing Defense at the NEA] Reference
Gosh, if you're on the edge of the abyss, you sure wouldn't want to over-correct!. From Wordnik.com. [Who will restore George Bush's tattered reputation? Barack Obama!] Reference
And corrections seldom stop at the mean – they usually over-correct on below the mean. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Good News, Really] Reference
It just shows that Obama is being very careful now that we are on the edge of the abyss not to over-correct. From Wordnik.com. [Who will restore George Bush's tattered reputation? Barack Obama!] Reference
When us humans come out of a suboptimal experience, we tend to over-correct in the opposite direction in our next experience. From Wordnik.com. [Auren Hoffman: When and Why We Pendulum] Reference
If given a few years to stabilize (over-correct, then recover), real estate values (which are now where they should be (had there been no boom)), there be very little net cost to taxpayers of a “bailout”. From Wordnik.com. [Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/19/08] Reference
Mr. MARKS: By having so many foreclosures on the horizon, we're going to over-correct, and the market will go even lower than it would normally go, prices will just do a downward spiral, and we won't have a functioning market out there. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Homeownership Remains At 10-Year Low] Reference
Lanier came in to watch his father shave — living beside a psychiatric clinic he had developed an extraordinary confidence in and admiration for his father, together with an exaggerated indifference toward most other adults; the patients appeared to him either in their odd aspects, or else as devitalized, over-correct creatures without personality. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
Re tonight, make sure to concentrate so you don't over-correct dosing at dinner!. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference
Government attempts to control the market are causing the market to over-correct. From Wordnik.com. [Cafferty File] Reference
"He kind of ran off the side of the road and tried to over-correct and it flipped him over," Maryville Police Officer Bill Garner said. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Times News Headlines] Reference
Divested of her individuality and transferred in his rather mechanically over-correct language to the black and white of pen and ink, the result was disappointing, even when he read it to her. From Wordnik.com. [Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)] Reference
And knowing how hugely markets over-correct, even that level may be high given the world's greatest ever economic crisis and an administration so far proposing tired old policies in new wrapping. From Wordnik.com. [AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] Reference
Where as if I'm hanging out at 130-140 like my doctor seems to want at least some of the time, I feel like I'm teetering a fine line and could tip high too easily and not catch it or get obsessed and over-correct a tiny high. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference
Motion Adaptive EPS provides steering wheel feedback to the driver during an unstable slippery corner to prompt the driver's action in steering the wheel the right way as sometimes drivers tend to over-correct the steering angle. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Tan's Raves and Rants on the Automotive Industry] Reference
Thus the over-correct English of strangers, which is often the mark by which to distinguish them, may afford us some inkling of our mode of speech when we exhibit our native talent for languages, except that as a general rule, we may set ourselves down as the worse speakers of the two. From Wordnik.com. [Shams] Reference
I find that both altitude and weather can really affect my glucometer, so just be aware that when you're on the mountain it may not be reading correctly (frustrating, but true) Mine tends to read high so go with your gut, you can correct later, and you don't want to over-correct when you're out there skiing. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes] Reference
I just never felt like I could get a decent handle on the UFO controls, and I realize it's supposed to be a bit loose, but I'd often over-correct it and steer animals away or split my group off, when I really wanted something a bit more precise to make me feel like I was in more control of the group than I ever really was. From Wordnik.com. [Gaming Age Online | Videogame News and Reviews] Reference
Also, Wipro tended to over-correct itself. From Wordnik.com. [Dismantling The Co-CEO Model At Wipro] Reference
"I will find the balance but I don't want to over-correct. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference
"The bad news is that based on my projections this will only last a few days at best, and then the system will likely try to over-correct itself. From Wordnik.com. [Passively Multiplayer Online Gaming] Reference
Fraser: And you have to over-correct, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Astronomy Cast] Reference
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