Definition of correct

adjective (a)

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth (adj.all)

  Synonym: right
  Antonym: incorrect, wrong
  

  Example:
  The correct answer.
  The correct version.
  

  source: wordnet30
• correct in opinion or judgment (adj.all)

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• socially right or correct (adj.all)

  Example:
  Correct behavior.
  

  source: wordnet30
• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure (adj.all)

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• make right or correct (verb.change)

  Synonym: rectify, right
  Antonym: falsify
  

  Example:
  Correct the mistakes.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make reparations or amends for (verb.social)

  Synonym: compensate, redress, right
  Antonym: wrong
  

  source: wordnet30
• censure severely (verb.communication)

  Synonym: castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate
  

  source: wordnet30
• adjust for (verb.stative)

  Synonym: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
  

  Example:
  Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance.
  

  source: wordnet30
• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (verb.social)

  Synonym: discipline, sort out
  

  source: wordnet30
• go down in value (verb.motion)

  Synonym: decline, drop, slump
  

  Example:
  The stock market corrected.
  

  source: wordnet30
• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (verb.change)

  Synonym: adjust, set
  

  Example:
  Correct the alignment of the front wheels.
  

  source: wordnet30
• treat a defect (verb.body)

  Example:
  The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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