English verb: rectify | |||
1. | rectify (communication) math: determine the length of | ||
Samples | Rectify a curve. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ascertain, determine, find, find out | ||
2. | rectify (change) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities | ||
Samples | Refine sugar. | ||
Synonyms | refine | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distill, make pure, purify, sublimate | ||
3. | rectify (change) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | ||
Samples | The Church reformed me. Reform your conduct. | ||
Synonyms | reclaim, reform, regenerate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | moralise, moralize | ||
Verb group | reform, see the light, straighten out | ||
4. | rectify (change) set straight or right | ||
Samples | Remedy these deficiencies. Rectify the inequities in salaries. Repair an oversight. | ||
Synonyms | amend, remediate, remedy, repair | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | correct, rectify, right | ||
5. | rectify (change) make right or correct | ||
Samples | Correct the mistakes. Rectify the calculation. | ||
Synonyms | correct, right | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amend, debug, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair | ||
Antonyms | falsify | ||
6. | rectify (change) convert into direct current | ||
Samples | Rectify alternating current. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change, commute, convert, exchange | ||