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correct
[ kuh-rekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
The native guide corrected our pronunciation.
The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
- to point out or mark the errors in:
The teacher corrected the examination papers.
- to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve:
Should parents correct their children in public?
- to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable):
The medication will correct stomach acidity.
- Mathematics, Physics. to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition.
verb (used without object)
- to make a correction or corrections.
- (of stock prices) to reverse a trend, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions.
adjective
- conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
a correct answer.
- in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper:
correct behavior.
- (of a judgment or opinion) just or right:
I feel this decision is correct because of the defendant’s age.
- characterized by or adhering to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.:
Is it environmentally correct to buy a real Christmas tree?
Most of the judges in this district have correct political views.
correct
/ kəˈrɛkt /
verb
- to make free from errors
- to indicate the errors in
- to rebuke or punish in order to set right or improve
to stand corrected
to correct a child
- to counteract or rectify (a malfunction, ailment, etc)
these glasses will correct your sight
- to adjust or make conform, esp to a standard
adjective
- free from error; true; accurate
the correct version
- in conformity with accepted standards
correct behaviour
Derived Forms
- corˈrectly, adverb
- corˈrectable, adjective
- corˈrector, noun
- corˈrectness, noun
Other Words From
- cor·recta·ble cor·recti·ble adjective
- cor·recta·bili·ty cor·recti·bili·ty noun
- cor·rectly adverb
- cor·rectness noun
- cor·rector noun
- recor·rect verb (used with object)
- uncor·rected adjective
- well-cor·rected adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of correct1
Word History and Origins
Origin of correct1
Idioms and Phrases
see stand corrected .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After seeing the video of the arrest, she wrote, she took “steps to have these matters properly investigated and corrected.”
It's a tad early to say now or never, but the broader point is correct.
The university confirmed a figure of £506m in "unrestricted reserves" quoted in the document was correct, but said it would be incorrect to assume that it equated to cash that was ready to be spent.
When government officials came to check in, they kept correcting them: “ ‘This is not a camp.
Chris got five correct results from the 10 games in week 23, with no exact scores, giving him a total of 50 points.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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