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English adjective: correct | |||
| 1. | correct free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | ||
| Samples | The correct answer. The correct version. The right answer. Took the right road. The right decision. | ||
| Synonyms | right | ||
| Similar | accurate, exact, letter-perfect, precise, straight, word-perfect | ||
| See also | accurate, proper, true | ||
| Attribute | correctness, rightness | ||
| Antonyms | incorrect, wrong | ||
| 2. | correct socially right or correct | ||
| Samples | It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye. Correct behavior. | ||
| Synonyms | right | ||
| Similar | proper | ||
| Antonyms | improper | ||
| 3. | correct in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | ||
| Samples | What's the right word for this?. The right way to open oysters. | ||
| Synonyms | right | ||
| Similar | proper | ||
| Antonyms | improper | ||
| 4. | correct correct in opinion or judgment | ||
| Samples | Time proved him right. | ||
| Synonyms | right | ||
| Similar | right-minded | ||
| Antonyms | wrong | ||
English verb: correct | |||
| 1. | correct (change) make right or correct | ||
| Samples | Correct the mistakes. Rectify the calculation. | ||
| Synonyms | rectify, 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 | ||
| 2. | correct (social) make reparations or amends for | ||
| Samples | Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust. | ||
| Synonyms | compensate, redress, right | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aby, abye, atone, expiate, over-correct, overcompensate | ||
| Antonyms | wrong | ||
| 3. | correct (communication) censure severely | ||
| Samples | She chastised him for his insensitive remarks. | ||
| Synonyms | castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flame | ||
| 4. | correct (stative) adjust for | ||
| Samples | Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance. | ||
| Synonyms | compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry, compensate, cover, overcompensate | ||
| 5. | correct (social) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | ||
| Samples | The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently. | ||
| Synonyms | discipline, sort out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penalise, penalize, punish | ||
| 6. | correct (motion) go down in value | ||
| Samples | The stock market corrected. Prices slumped. | ||
| Synonyms | decline, slump | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
| 7. | correct (change) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | ||
| Samples | Adjust the clock, please. Correct the alignment of the front wheels. | ||
| Synonyms | adjust, set | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | align, attune, calibrate, citify, coordinate, decompress, depressurise, depressurize, fine-tune, fit, focalise, focalize, focus, graduate, harmonise, harmonize, justify, linearise, linearize, match, modulate, modulate, ordinate, plumb, pressurise, pressurize, proportion, readjust, reconcile, regulate, reset, set, sharpen, sync, synchronise, synchronize, temper, time, time, trim, tune, tune, tune up, tune up, zero, zero, zero in | ||
| 8. | correct (body) treat a defect | ||
| Samples | The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | care for, treat | ||
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