[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/correctional.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / correctional

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# correctional

«correctional» in Mova's school dictionary: **Correctional describes places and work that deal with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (correctional)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Correctional describes places and work that deal with punishing people who broke the law and helping them change, such as prisons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news and formal texts, mostly in North America. «Correctional facility» is a formal or euphemistic name for a prison. Phrases: «correctional facility», «correctional officer», «correctional services».

### examples

- He works as a correctional officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x1)
- The correctional facility is outside the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x2)
- Correctional services help prisoners learn skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x3)
- The judge sent him to a correctional centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x4)
- A correctional officer keeps order in the prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x5)
- The news reported on a new correctional building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/#x6)

### note

Formal, mostly US/Canada; in the UK people say «prison officer». Not about correcting homework — that is just «correcting» or «marking».

### In the corpora

- ["Correctional facility" is the US official word for a prison.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/5/)
- ["Correctional officer" is the US official word for a prison guard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «correctional» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/correctional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.