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Meaning of "corrigible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORRIGIBLE

From Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere to set right, correct.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORRIGIBLE

corrigible  [ˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORRIGIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corrigible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CORRIGIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of corrigible in the English dictionary

The definition of corrigible in the dictionary is capable of being corrected. Other definition of corrigible is submissive or submitting to correction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORRIGIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
diffrangible
dɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
dirigible
dɪˈrɪdʒɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
frangible
ˈfrændʒɪbəl
fungible
ˈfʌndʒɪbəl
illegible
ɪˈlɛdʒɪbəl
inexpungible
ˌɪnɪksˈpʌndʒɪbəl
infrangible
ɪnˈfrændʒɪbəl
intangible
ɪnˈtændʒɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
mortgageable
ˈmɔːɡədʒɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
reeligible
riːˈɛlɪdʒɪbəl
refrangible
rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
submergible
səbˈmɜːdʒɪbəl
unintelligible
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORRIGIBLE

corrida
corridor
corridor of uncertainty
corridors of power
corrie
corrie-fisted
Corriedale
Corrientes
corrigenda
corrigendum
corrigent
corrigibility
corrigibly
corrival
corrivalry
corrivalship
corroborable
corroborant
corroborate
corroboration

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORRIGIBLE

accessible
audible
Bible
compatible
eligible
exigible
horrible
impossible
incorrigible
incredible
ineligible
intelligible
irrefrangible
legible
negligible
responsible
tangible
terrible
untangible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of corrigible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «corrigible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORRIGIBLE

Find out the translation of corrigible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corrigible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corrigible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

改正的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corregibles
570 millions of speakers

English

corrigible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

corrigible
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

corrigible
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исправимый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corrigível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিকারযোগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corrigible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibolehkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

korrigierbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

矯正可能な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

corrigible
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dikarepake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chửa được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருந்தக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुधारात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

corrigible
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

correggibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

corrigible
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поправний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corigibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

corrigible
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gedwee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

corrigible
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

korigere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corrigible

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORRIGIBLE»

The term «corrigible» is normally little used and occupies the 134.184 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORRIGIBLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «corrigible» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «corrigible» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corrigible

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORRIGIBLE»

Discover the use of corrigible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corrigible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
For convenience, let us label as corrigible any belief of such a kind that it is logically possible for a belief of that kind to be false. Almost all our beliefs about subjects outside logic and mathematics are corrigible. The skeptical contention that ...
James W. Cornman, Keith Lehrer, George Sotiros Pappas, 1992
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The Structure of Scientific Theories
In the fundamental sense of corrigibility, the data has already been made corrigible just at that move there. It is corrigible in the basic sense that it can be called into question, that in the case of divergence between theory and data, the data can ...
Frederick Suppe, 1977
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Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art
understandings as already perspectival, prejudiced, and corrigible — in short, as non-foundationally given. So much for a general overview of the universalist arguments. I now want to itemiZe and consider six of them in detail. Though there is ...
Richard Shusterman, 2000
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Realistic Decision Theory : Rules for Nonideal Agents in ...
An appropriate decision directive for cognitively limited agents, one incorporating my recommendations about decision procedures, is the following: Decide in a way that maximizes utility after a reasonable effort to correct relevant corrigible ...
Paul Weirich Professor of Philosophy University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004
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Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art
But since, in the traditional foundationalist framework, interpretation is contrasted and designated as the form of nonfoundational understanding, the inferior foster home of all corrigible, perspectival perception, it is easy to confuse the view that ...
Richard Shusterman, 2000
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Extreme Right Wing Political Violence and Terrorism
However, we would like to draw attention to Wilkinson's two categories of ' corrigible terrorists' and 'incorrigible terrorists': M 'Corrigible terrorists' can be defined as those fighting for attainable, tangible goals which are negotiable in the end.
Max Taylor, P.M. Currie, Donald Holbrook, 2013
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The Measurement of Sensation: A Critique of Perceptual ...
of use; a corrigible statement may be corrected for errors in addition to those of use, notably errors of perception. First-person, present- tense afterimage and pain statements are excellent examples of incorrigible statements. If Oi describes an ...
C. Wade Savage, 1970
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Presbyterians Being Reformed: Reflections on What the Church ...
The church is corrigible. Thanks be to God. I say so because the vocabulary item which is its more frequently used opposite seems always to be accompanied by disappointment, as in: "Jerry, you are incorrigible" — Mom; "Jerry, you are ...
Robert H. Bullock, Jr., 2006
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GRE:
CORRIGIBLE adj capable of being set right, correctable, reparable • Stuttering is often a highly corrigible speech impediment, which can be corrected through speech therapy. • The trend away from rehabilitative programming in prisons may  ...
Anne Curtis, 2003
10
The Sources of Value
cannot spread out before an organism unless it is capable of learning and so of filling in a gap between a drive and its quiescence by acts with which it was not innately provided. The digger wasp thus has no corrigible life-space, no freedom of ...
Stephen Coburn Pepper, 1958

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORRIGIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corrigible is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Five ideas for preventing artificial intelligence from wrecking the …
Fallenstein talks of the need for “corrigible agents” doing the bidding of humans, rather than, one presumes, “incorrigible agents” naughtily ... «National Post, Jul 15»
2
'Sarafina' in Form 4 or 5-6 literature
Sabela: daylight sell-out, symbol of betrayal, blind, shallow-minded, corrigible. 3. Mary Masombuka: brave, charming, hopeful, stubborn/ ... «Manica Post, Jul 15»
3
Vadamarachchi – Was President JR a traitor? - IV
Furthermore those food shortages were easily corrigible. If India had invaded Sri Lanka, it would have been the first time in history that a ... «The Island.lk, Jun 15»
4
Enchanting Churachandpur Lunminthang Haokip *
One may come across ambitious saleswomen speaking stranger than Cockney-English to bemused customers, incorrigibly corrigible local ... «E-Pao.net, Jun 15»
5
Why We Should Resist Black Male Exceptionalism: A Graduate's …
... experiences of the exceptions; and renders the outsiders as corrigible to exceptional narratives. Exceptionalism ought to be rejected entirely. «Huffington Post, May 15»
6
How America Overdosed on Drug Courts
... and as a way for the most corrigible offenders to avoid the harsh sentences mandated by drug-war laws. The idea is appealingly simple. «Pacific Standard, May 15»
7
Movie review: Mad Max: Fury Road full of blood and heart (with …
Others are less corrigible. Joe, whose breathing apparatus makes him look like a dieselpunk Darth Vader, is clearly not going to mend his ways ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
8
NAS Corpus Christi to inspect training aircraft following flight line …
Ian Corrigible. Hey, if The Flying Lions can do it with Havards... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waF-xwyEi1w. Reply · Like. · May 13 at 6:22am. Reply using. «KRIS Corpus Christi News, May 15»
9
Taking the good with the bad
When was the last time you praised your child for his corrigible behavior? Let's face it—'bunk,' 'corrigible,' 'concerting' and 'bridled' are ... «Claremont Courier, Mar 15»
10
Keeping Skynet at bay: How humans can keep AI in check
The FLI recommend more research into corrigible systems, which do not exhibit this behaviour. "It may be possible to design utility functions or ... «ZDNet, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Corrigible [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/corrigible>. Apr 2024 ».
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