correct
verb (used with object)
to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
corrected
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past participleof correct.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof correct.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
correctverb (used with object)to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
Example Sentences
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When I referred to the luxury resort as a tourism development, he corrected me: “It’s just making money, it’s not about the development of tourism,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
He was corrected by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins who laughed and joked: "Secretary Burgum has to do a little magic."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
He wanted to let his daughter, Stella Banderas, and stepchildren Dakota Johnson and Alexander Bauer do what they wanted with their lives so that they would pay attention when he corrected them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Minns corrected himself shortly afterwards, and told the hearing that "Lily's body has been found" and she was deceased.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But if Scrappy was just getting corrected, maybe that wouldn’t take too long.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
