# correcting

Pronunciation: say "kuh-REKT-ing" /kəˈɹɛktɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of correct. — present participle and gerund of correct
   - Simple: Present participle of correct. Use this form for something happening now or as an -ing noun.
   - _He is correcting the final proofs before the book goes to print._
   - _Correcting the data took longer than the analysts expected._

## Noun

2. The process of making a correction to something.
   - Simple: The act of fixing something that is wrong.
   - _The correcting of the manuscript fell to a single overworked editor._
   - _Constant correcting of the figures delayed the report by a week._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/correcting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).