Pronunciations (3)
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/kəˈɹɛkt/
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- Canada
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/kəˈɹekt/
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/kəˈɾɛkt/
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Adjective
Free from error; true; accurate.
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Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10
We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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Adverb
Correctly.
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Hope I spelt your name correct.
Interjection
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
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Noun
A correct response.
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Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]
Verb
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
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You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
The navigator corrected the course of the ship.
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Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.
To grade (examination papers).
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The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
To inform (someone) of their error.
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It's rude to correct your parents.
To discipline; to punish.
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Adjective
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
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the correct answer
the correct version
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the right answer
took the right road
the right decision
socially right or correct
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it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
correct behavior
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
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what's the right word for this?
the right way to open oysters
correct in opinion or judgment
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time proved him right
Verb
make right or correct
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Correct the mistakes
rectify the calculation
make reparations or amends for
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right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust
censure severely
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She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
adjust for
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engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
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The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
fall in value
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the stock market corrected
prices slumped
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
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Adjust the clock, please
correct the alignment of the front wheels
treat a defect
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The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia