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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
- correctly adverb
- correctable adjective
- corrector noun
- correctness noun
- correctible adjective
- correctability noun
- correctibility noun
- recorrect verb (used with object)
- uncorrected adjective
- well-corrected adjective
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of correct1
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Example Sentences
To correct for this, the Subaru Telescope team used adaptive optics, a technology that continuously adjusts to cancel out these distortions and stabilize the light waves in real time.
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a more precise and efficient gene-editing approach that can correct several disease-causing mutations at once in mammalian cells.
“It is less damaging to workers to correct a policy move that is too easy than to correct one that is too tight,” explained James Glassman, a former economist with J.P.
Ms Hayes said her autism was never properly assessed and instead she was given mental health diagnoses that may not have been correct, rendering her care plan ineffective.
So he founded the Enhanced Games to correct what he viewed as rampant hypocrisy that left athletes not only underpaid, but also limited in their potential by constantly shifting and arbitrary rules.
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