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.
has corrected
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present perfectof correct (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The agency said it has corrected about 15% of all active Social Security numbers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
In response, Sir Alan said the prime minister had "said that he misspoke, he has apologised and he has corrected the record".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He has corrected the information and is making all necessary payments, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
This story has corrected the candidate’s surname to Manele.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Mr. de Alwis has corrected an error in this passage of Mr. Turnour's translation; the word in the original, which he took for Tamba-panniyo, or "copper-palmed," being in reality tamba-vanna, or "copper-coloured."
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
