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correct
[kuh-rekt]
verb (used with object)
to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
The native guide corrected our pronunciation.
The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
to point out or mark the errors in.
The teacher corrected the examination papers.
to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve.
Should parents correct their children in public?
to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable).
The medication will correct stomach acidity.
Mathematics, Physics., to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition.
verb (used without object)
to make a correction or corrections.
(of stock prices) to reverse a trend, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions.
adjective
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate.
a correct answer.
in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper.
correct behavior.
(of a judgment or opinion) just or right.
I feel this decision is correct because of the defendant’s age.
characterized by or adhering to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc..
Is it environmentally correct to buy a real Christmas tree?
Most of the judges in this district have correct political views.
correct
/ kəˈrɛkt /
verb
to make free from errors
to indicate the errors in
to rebuke or punish in order to set right or improve
to correct a child
to stand corrected
to counteract or rectify (a malfunction, ailment, etc)
these glasses will correct your sight
to adjust or make conform, esp to a standard
adjective
free from error; true; accurate
the correct version
in conformity with accepted standards
correct behaviour
Other Word Forms
- correctable adjective
- correctible adjective
- correctability noun
- correctibility noun
- correctly adverb
- correctness noun
- corrector noun
- recorrect verb (used with object)
- uncorrected adjective
- well-corrected adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of correct1
Word History and Origins
Origin of correct1
Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
It’s those small gestures during their hangouts — like Dennis refraining from correcting Roman’s misuse of idioms — that forge a special if imbalanced dynamic as they try to fill their respective voids.
“I think there is going to be a short-term fluctuation in the trend that ultimately corrects itself and resumes the path it was on while Netanyahu is in power,” he said.
This incorrect information is shaping long-term health policy in the U.S. – which makes it urgent to correct the record.
Word nerds are correct to read a special meaning into the company’s name.
In the story, published on its website late in the evening, the newspaper quotes a spokesperson for Rayner saying she paid the "correct duty" on the purchase.
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