What does correct mean?
Definitions for correct
kəˈrɛktcor·rect
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Princeton's WordNet
correct, rightadjective
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
correct, rightadjective
socially right or correct
"it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
correct, rightadjective
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
"what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
right, correctverb
correct in opinion or judgment
"time proved him right"
correct, rectify, rightverb
make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
right, compensate, redress, correctverb
make reparations or amends for
"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correctverb
censure severely
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upverb
adjust for
"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
discipline, correct, sort outverb
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
decline, slump, correctverb
go down in value
"the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
adjust, set, correctverb
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
correctverb
treat a defect
"The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
Wiktionary
correctverb
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
correctverb
To grade (examination papers).
correctverb
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
It's rude to correct your parents.
correctadjective
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
correctadjective
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Correctadjective
Revised or finished with exactness; free from faults.
Etymology: correctus, Latin.
What verse can do, he has perform’d in this,
Which he presumes the most correct of his. John Dryden, Aur. Prol.Always use the most correct editions: various readings will be only troublesome where the sense and language is complete. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.
To CORRECTverb
Etymology: corrigo correctum, Latin.
Sad accidents, and a state of affliction, is a school of virtue it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning. Tayl.
After he has once been corrected for a lie, you must be sure never after to pardon it in him. John Locke, on Education.
Children being to be restrained by the parents only in vicious things, a look or nod only ought to correct them, when they do amiss. John Locke, on Education.
This is a defect in the first make of some men’s minds, which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards, either by learning or age. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth, Preface.
Correcting nature, from what actually she is in individuals, to what she ought to be, and what she was created. Dryden.
I writ, because it amused me; I corrected, because it was as pleasant to me to correct as to write. Alexander Pope, Preface.
The mind may cool, and be at leisure to attend to its domestick concern: to consider what habit wants to be corrected, and what inclination to be subdued. John Rogers, Sermons.
As in habitual gout or stone,
The only thing that can be done,
Is to correct your drink and diet,
And keep the inward foe in quiet. Matthew Prior.In cases of acidity, water is the proper drink: its quality of relaxing may be corrected by boiling it with some animal substances; as ivory or hartshorn. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
ChatGPT
correct
Correct is defined as free from errors or mistakes, conforming to fact or truth, or following or adhering to legal or moral conventions or standards. It can refer to a statement, behavior, answer, direction, or method that is accurate, precise, proper, or appropriate. In short, something that is as it should be.
Webster Dictionary
Correctadjective
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
Correctverb
to make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles
Correctverb
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)
Correctverb
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
Correctverb
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
Wikidata
Correct
Correct is an unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana, United States. Correct is located on U.S. Route 421, 4.5 miles south-southwest of Versailles.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Correct
kor-ekt′, v.t. to make right: to remove faults: to punish: to counterbalance: to bring into a normal state.—adj. made right or straight: free from faults: true.—adjs. Correct′able, Correct′ible.—adv. Correct′ly.—n. Correc′tion, amendment: punishment: bodily chastisement.—adjs. Correc′tional, Correct′ive, tending, or having the power, to correct.—ns. Correc′tioner (Shak.), one who administers correction; Correct′ive, that which corrects; Correct′ness; Correct′or, he who, or that which, corrects: a director or governor.—adj. Correct′ory, corrective.—Under correction, subject to correction—often used as a formal expression of deference to a superior authority. [L. corrigĕre, correctum—cor, inten., regĕre, to rule.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correct' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1885
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correct' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1144
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correct' in Verbs Frequency: #754
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'correct' in Adjectives Frequency: #227
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of correct in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of correct in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of correct in a Sentence
Discovery Channel star Dave Turin:
We work long hours — 12 hours a day, six days a week. The gold matters to these guys and what you see is you see us toiling. It is a struggle, he said. People live vicariously through us because we go to some crazy places. there are millions of people that do this job and take it very seriously. It’s a good profession that has taken some hits. I am passionate about mining and mining in the correct way.
Well, in this particular case the fact checkers are correct.
I think yesterday, seeing Mr. Cox in his condition, really brings home why it's so important for New Haven Police to take action to correct what happened, i'm Mayor Justin Elicker, I can't imagine my children one day being able to walk and the next day potentially never being able to walk again.
The U.S. market is a little bit over valued and is looking to correct, the fall we saw last week was the market looking for every little reason to correct.
No, had you known that Hulk Hogan would be emotionally distressed by this publication, you would have still published it, correct?
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- صحح, صح, صحيحArabic
- doğruAzerbaijani
- дөрөҫBashkir
- правільныBelarusian
- коректен, верен, поправям, коригирам, възпитан, правиленBulgarian
- correcte, corregirCatalan, Valencian
- slušný, správný, opravit, korektníCzech
- cywirWelsh
- korrektDanish
- berichtigen, einwandfrei, richtigstellen, ausbessern, zutreffend, ordnungsgemäß, korrigieren, richtig, nachregeln, korrektGerman
- διορθώνω, σωστόςGreek
- korekti, korektaEsperanto
- correcto, corregirSpanish
- õigeEstonian
- درستPersian
- korjata, oikaista, asiallinen, korrekti, oikeaFinnish
- correct, corrigerFrench
- beachtaigh, ceartaighIrish
- cuir ceart, comharraichScottish Gaelic
- correctoGalician
- תיקן, נכונה, נכוןHebrew
- सही, ठीकHindi
- korrekt, korrigál, hibátlan, helyesbít, illő, helyes, kijavítHungarian
- ճիշտ, կոռեկտArmenian
- réttIcelandic
- corretto, correggereItalian
- 正しい, 修正, 直す, 訂正, 正す, 正解, 改正Japanese
- ზუსტი, უშეცდომო, სწორიGeorgian
- дұрысKazakh
- ត្រឹមត្រូវKhmer
- 맞다, 교정, 바르다, 옳다, 정확하다Korean
- түз, дурус, туураKyrgyz
- ແກ້Lao
- teisingasLithuanian
- pareizsLatvian
- верен, правиленMacedonian
- betul, benarkan, betulkan, benarMalay
- မှန်Burmese
- verbeteren, welopgevoed, welgemanierd, corrigeren, juist, correct, goedgemanierdDutch
- corrècteOccitan
- poprawiać, właściwy, prawidłowy, poprawić, poprawnyPolish
- correto, corrigirPortuguese
- corectRomanian
- воспитанный, корректный, верный, корректировать, исправлять, исправить, правильныйRussian
- ispravan, popraviti, исправан, поправитиSerbo-Croatian
- opraviť, správnySlovak
- pravilen, popravitiSlovene
- korrekt, felfri, rätt, riktig, rätta, korrigeraSwedish
- timamuSwahili
- дурустTajik
- ถูกThai
- dürs, dogryTurkmen
- doğru, düzeltmekTurkish
- виправляти, правильнийUkrainian
- ٹھیک, صحیحUrdu
- toʻgʻriUzbek
- sửa, chữa, sửa chữa, đúngVietnamese
- verätikVolapük
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