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.
is correcting
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present progressiveof correct (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But clearly, all hope is not lost - most believe that the market is correcting itself from previous highs.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Dwayne Johnson’s fans smelled that “The Rock” was cooking up fibs, and now the cheat-meal connoisseur is correcting his “first-ever” burger flub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
The “difficult” part is correcting errors that pop up as quantum calculations progress, which happens at a significantly higher rate than in classical systems.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
“He’s not a big yelling, screaming kind of coach, and I feel like sometimes that’s more impactful. Because you know it really comes from a place of care and love when he is correcting you.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
By the other heap sits a man on a stool, who is correcting some written pages.
From See America First by Orville O. Hiestand
