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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.
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.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • Correct the mistakes;
  • rectify the calculation
Meaning (3):
- adjust for
Example in sentence:
  • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Meaning (4):
- go down in value
Example in sentence:
  • prices slumped;
  • Stock prices dropped;
  • the stock market corrected
Meaning (5):
- make reparations or amends for
Example in sentence:
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Meaning (6):
- censure severely
Example in sentence:
  • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Meaning (7):
- treat a defect
Example in sentence:
  • The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Meaning (8):
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
9 . correct [ a]
Meaning (9):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • time proved him right
11 . correct [ s]
Meaning (11):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • the right way to open oysters;
  • what's the right word for this?

Nearby Words:

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