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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But information arrives in fragments: a barcode result here, a recall notice there, a corrected FDA finding, a corporate statement, a congressional inquiry.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The other requires significant mistakes to be acknowledged and corrected on air promptly.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The only sport I am aware of where it doesn't happen, and I'd happily stand corrected here, is golf, because of its self-policing nature.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hunter noted that since early July, the SOX index has corrected 20% and the hyperscaler group “has bounced within its broad 2026 trading range.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
And with his stopwatch in his hand corrected to the astronomical clock in the shop, Father conceded that the first stroke of the English clock time after time coincided with the hour.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
