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cor·rect (kə rekt′)

transitive verb

  1. to make right; change from wrong to right; remove errors from
  2. to point out or mark the errors or faults of
  3. to make conform to a standard
  4. to scold or punish so as to cause to rectify faults
  5. to cure, remove, or counteract (a fault, disease, etc.)

Etymology: ME correcten < L correctus, pp. of corrigere < com-, together + regere, to lead straight, rule: see reckon

intransitive verb

to make corrections; specif., to make an adjustment so as to compensate (for an error, counteracting force, etc.)

adjective

  1. conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper correct behavior
  2. conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
  3. equal to the required or established amount, number, price, etc.

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correct Synonyms

correct

modif.

  1. Accurate

    exact, true, right; see accurate 1.

  2. Proper

    suitable, becoming, fitting; see conventional 2, fit 1. See syn. study at accurate.


correct

v.

  1. To make corrections

    remedy, rectify, better, help, ameliorate, remove the errors, remove the faults of, emend, improve, alter, adjust, retouch, redress, reclaim, accommodate for, make right, mend, amend, right, fix, fix up, repair, do over, reform, remodel, review, reconstruct, reorganize, edit, revise, make corrections, make improvements, set aright, put straight, set straight, make compensation for, reparation for, put in order, doctor, touch up, polish; see also adjust 3, change 1, improve 1, repair.

  2. To administer correction

    admonish, chide, reprimand; see punish. See syn. study at punish.


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correct Usage Examples

Object

  • inaccuracy: You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold on you and to correct any inaccuracies.

Preposition: at

  • date: Clinical information present in Reports, Care recommendations, Examples and Position Statements are correct at the date recorded on the document.

Modifies a noun

  • answer: The tutor found the students who had correct answers helped others in the group.

Modifying Another Word

  • politically: The politically correct will tell us it is racist.

Infinitive complement

  • say: It is more correct to say that Thiering is being an Essene in reading into the New Testament books what she wants to see.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: The psychology of testing will be discussed; detecting faults versus proving correct.

Preposition: for

  • attenuation: At each grid position the reduced displacement ( corrected for attenuation ) for each station is calculated.
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Are we correct to have changed as much as we have? Or isYokoi correct not to have changed at all?

-Asahi Shimbun

Notale everhappened intheway wetell it.Butthemoral is always correct.

-Barthelme, Donald

We have a habit in this country of correcting things just as they are about to correct themselves.

-Brady, Nicholas F(rederick)

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