| 1. | to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight. |
| 2. | to point out or mark the errors in: The teacher corrected the examination papers. |
| 3. | to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve: Should parents correct their children in public? |
| 4. | to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable): The medication will correct stomach acidity. |
| 5. | Mathematics, Physics. to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition. |
| 6. | to make a correction or corrections. |
| 7. | (of stock prices) to reverse a trend, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions. |
| 8. | conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate: a correct answer. |
| 9. | in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper: correct behavior. |

cor·rect (kə-rěkt') v. cor·rect·ed, cor·rect·ing, cor·rects v. tr.
[Middle English correcten, from Latin corrigere, corrēct-, to correct : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] cor·rect'a·ble, cor·rect'i·ble adj., cor·rect'ly adv., cor·rect'ness n., cor·rec'tor n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: I corrected the spelling mistakes. |
correct cor·rect (kə-rěkt')
v. cor·rect·ed, cor·rect·ing, cor·rects
To remove, remedy, or counteract something, such as a malfunction or defect. adj.
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.