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Meaning of 'correct'
Meaning of 'correct' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Correct 
[ a.]
- Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth,
rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or
imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. [ a.]2. Correct [ v. t.]
- To make right; to bring to the standard of truth,
justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or
principles. [ v. t.]- To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
- To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
- To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Meaning of 'correct' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. correct [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Example in sentence:
- Adjust the clock, please;
- correct the alignment of the front wheels
Meaning (2):
- make right or correct
- make right or correct
Example in sentence:
- Correct the mistakes;
- rectify the calculation
Meaning (3):
- adjust for
- adjust for
Example in sentence:
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Meaning (4):
- make reparations or amends for
- make reparations or amends for
Example in sentence:
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Meaning (5):
- censure severely
- censure severely
Example in sentence:
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Meaning (6):
- treat a defect
- treat a defect
Example in sentence:
- The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Meaning (7):
- go down in value
- go down in value
Example in sentence:
- prices slumped;
- the stock market corrected
Meaning (8):
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Example in sentence:
- The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
2. correct [ a]
[ a]Meaning (9):
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Example in sentence:
- the correct answer;
- the correct version;
- the right answer;
- the right decision;
- took the right road
Meaning (10):
- correct in opinion or judgment
- correct in opinion or judgment
Example in sentence:
- time proved him right
3. correct [ s]
[ s]Meaning (11):
- socially right or correct
- socially right or correct
Example in sentence:
- correct behavior;
- it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
Meaning (12):
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Example in sentence:
- the right way to open oysters;
- what's the right word for this?
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