[
US
/kɝˈɛkt/
]
[ UK /kəɹˈɛkt/ ]
[ UK /kəɹˈɛkt/ ]
VERB
-
make reparations or amends for
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust -
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
correct the alignment of the front wheels
Adjust the clock, please -
make right or correct
Correct the mistakes
rectify the calculation -
censure severely
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks -
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently -
go down in value
prices slumped
the stock market corrected -
treat a defect
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia -
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
ADJECTIVE
-
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
took the right road
the right decision
the correct answer
the correct version
the right answer -
socially right or correct
correct behavior
it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye -
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
what's the right word for this?
the right way to open oysters -
correct in opinion or judgment
time proved him right
How To Use correct In A Sentence
- In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
- The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
- You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
- As a postscript to the story, my great grandfather died a few weeks after this conversation, proving, as his wife pointed out to her daughter, that she had been correct in her surmise.
- Other procedures available are otoplasty (ear correction), rhinoplasty, liposculpture, penile enhancement and face, neck and brow lifts to name but a few.
- Although the complex has only been open for a couple of months both men are happy they have managed to get the mix of activities correct.
- Students should ring the correct answers in pencil.
- This is because people who suffer Panic Disorder, when they experience tetany for the first time, often think incorrectly that they are about to die.
- Retrieval before additions All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence.
- Stephen Chu wants your children to live worse so that his children can live better — in the world he imagines is the correct one. Why scientists are under-represented in politics. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
