course-correct

English

Etymology

Back-formation from course correction.

Verb

course-correct (third-person singular simple present course-corrects, present participle course-correcting, simple past and past participle course-corrected)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome.
   • 2017 January 21, Bim Adewunmi, “Why I love... author Nicola Yoon”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     I’ve occasionally gone on TV and movie fasts, usually to course-correct after overindulging in too many screen-based activities. But books are a constant and during no period of my life was I more immersed in books than as a teenager.

   • 2022 February 23, Tamryn Spruill, “Women’s Basketball Players Get a New Lifeline, Close to Home”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.