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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 | ||
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