correct
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.
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.
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.
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.
Origin of correct
1synonym study For correct
Other words for correct
Other words from correct
- cor·rect·a·ble, cor·rect·i·ble, adjective
- cor·rect·a·bil·i·ty, cor·rect·i·bil·i·ty, noun
- cor·rect·ly, adverb
- cor·rect·ness, noun
- cor·rec·tor, noun
- re·cor·rect, verb (used with object)
- un·cor·rect·ed, adjective
- well-cor·rect·ed, adjective
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How to use correct in a sentence
This is how science self-corrects and weeds out results that don’t stand up.
Imagine that, in an effort to correct for the bias it showed in 2020, a pollster adopts a new technique that results in shifting its margins toward Republicans by 3 points — but it turns out that the bias was because of something 2020-specific.
The Polls Weren’t Great. But That’s Pretty Normal. | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 11, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightMetro is given broad leeway on how to correct identified problems, but must seek the safety commission’s approval on how it decides to remedy them.
Metro’s plans to correct safety deficiencies in its rail operations center sent back for more work | Justin George | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostScience, unlike certain political philosophies and personality cults, corrects its mistakes.
For Gomez, silence is no longer an option, and that includes uncomfortable conversations to correct years of harmful assumptions.
Asha Gomez made her name as an Indian American chef. But she’s tired of being pigeonholed. | Nikhita Venugopal | November 9, 2020 | Washington Post
Again, whoever the corrector was, he had a fine ear for blank verse, and must indeed have been a master of it.
Ephemera Critica | John Churton CollinsWhen at Basle, Erasmus procured him employment as a corrector of the press with Frobenius.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeAt the same time read off the volume of air in the "volume corrector," which must be fixed alongside the gas burettes.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerIt appears that Coste, the press-corrector, would be a frequent visitor at the house in the Heer-Gracht.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century | Charles BastideUnder the later empire, it was the official residence of the "Corrector" of Tuscany and Umbria.
British Dictionary definitions for correct
/ (kəˈrɛkt) /
to make free from errors
to indicate the errors in
to rebuke or punish in order to set right or improve: to correct a child; to stand corrected
to counteract or rectify (a malfunction, ailment, etc): these glasses will correct your sight
to adjust or make conform, esp to a standard
free from error; true; accurate: the correct version
in conformity with accepted standards: correct behaviour
Origin of correct
1Derived forms of correct
- correctable or correctible, adjective
- correctly, adverb
- correctness, noun
- corrector, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with correct
see stand corrected.
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