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correct

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As an adjective, correct means free from error. As an interjection, it means used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

Meanings of correct

18 meanings

Free from error; true; accurate.
“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.
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
“the correct answer”
“the correct version”
“the right answer”
Similar: right
Socially right or correct
“it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye”
“correct behavior”
Similar: right
Correct in opinion or judgment
“time proved him right”
Similar: right

To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
“You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.”
“The navigator corrected the course of the ship.”
To grade (examination papers).
“The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.”
To inform (someone) of their error.
“It's rude to correct your parents.”
To discipline; to punish.
Make reparations or amends for
“right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust”
Similar: right, compensate, redress
Censure severely
“She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”
Similar: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
Adjust for
“engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance”
Similar: compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
“The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”
Similar: discipline, sort out
Fall in value
“the stock market corrected”
“prices slumped”
Similar: decline, slump
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
“Adjust the clock, please”
“correct the alignment of the front wheels”
Similar: adjust, set
Treat a defectbody
“The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia”