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Meaning correct meaning

What does correct mean?
Definitions in simple English

correct Adjective

— Something that is correct has no mistakes. For question #5, only 5 people got the correct answer. — Something that is correct is right. When you type, the correct hand position is very important.

correct Verb

— When you correct something that is wrong, you make it right. I corrected the mistakes on your test.

correct

— verb (= rectify, right) make right or correct Correct the mistakes rectify the calculation — adjective (= right) 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 — adjective (= right) socially right or correct it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye correct behavior — verb (= right) make reparations or amends for right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust — adjective (= right) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure what's the right word for this? the right way to open oysters — verb (= chastise) censure severely She chastised him for his insensitive remarks — verb treat a defect The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia — adjective (= right) correct in opinion or judgment time proved him right — verb (= discipline) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently — verb adjust for engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance — verb (= slump) go down in value the stock market corrected prices slumped — verb (= adjust) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard Adjust the clock, please correct the alignment of the front wheels

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right true proper rectify accurate exact amend revise repair improve adjust just straight reform fix make right chastise mend discipline set right righteous put right chasten straighten out real precise good edit alter redress straighten regular perfect change castigate upright sound remedy modify fair cure appropriate sort out review punish legitimate honest emend compensate I agree

Topics correct topics

What do people use correct to talk about?
States Quality Good

Right, proper
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Language and thought Communication Say

True
Language and thought Teach

Correct
Social behavior Behavior

Polite
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront
Physical actions Break, wear out

Repair
States Quality Good

Improve

Conjugation correct conjugation

How do you conjugate correct?

correct · verb

Examples correct examples

How do I use correct in a sentence?

Simple sentences

If you see a mistake, then please correct it.
Is your watch correct?
Correct the errors if there are any.
Is my answer correct?
Everything he says is correct.
You didn't give me the correct change.
In every man, there are many flaws to correct.
Your analogy isn't correct.
It is good that you can correct your sentences.
This translation isn't correct.
If sentences on Tatoeba are to suit their purpose, they should be correct.
Please correct your sentences.
He refused to correct his sentences.
I didn't know the correct answer, so I made a random guess.
I think your answer is correct.
All that you say is perfectly correct.
Correct the mistake and return the file to Mr Luxemburg.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Please correct my pronunciation.
Nobody could give the correct answer.
It is the correct approach to modern ski technique.
If your answer is correct, it follows that mine is wrong.
Correct errors, if any.

Movie subtitles

So this was the cutting edge of timekeeping technology. Yes, totally correct.
Yes, that's- that's correct.
My initial belief was correct.
I see that we have come here with a slight misunderstanding. and we'll correct that, too, won't we, huh?
Let's hope it'll be correct.
It's not correct this way.
Correct, Mister Femm.
I hope you'll find those figures. correct.
You understand, of course, it wouldn't be technically correct for me to introduce you. He will present himself to you.
It isn't correct.
Correct.
Correct, my dear idiot wife. I did nothing because that man is Duke Mantee.
Correct? - Yes.
It's a mighty fine thing when a man realizes he's wrong. and tries to correct it in a nice way.
We also determined the small errors that still remained, So that we could correct for them.
Because the Earth rotates, one had to correct the position every three minutes.
Correct. I am Dr. Gilmore.
Yes, you are correct. Did you hear about us from the others?
If your hypothesis is indeed correct, 001, does that mean that the enemy is somehow decreasing entropy?
That's correct.
The costume includes a knife attached to your belt in a leather sheath, correct?
Papers are all correct.
Correct them.
Have you the correct time?
Mr Carmichael, when I made your acquaintance yesterday, you volunteered an amazingly correct diagnosis of Shanghai Lily and I see no reason for you to have changed it.
Correct. Now the train leaves. At 12:20, I know.
Correct. Now the train leaves.
Is that correct?
Eminently correct.
Is that correct, Edward?
Twenty-two years, two months, three days is correct.
As of the moment, if our accounts are correct.
It's not easy now to quickly correct the thinking of the young.
Please? - It's a mighty fine thing when a man realizes he's wrong. and tries to correct it in a nice way.
Correct. Entirely correct.
Correct me if I am wrong.

News and current affairs

This is neither a correct description nor a useful terminology for terrorist acts, which are more correctly described as criminal.
Economists like Hyman Minsky, who tried to correct this, were largely ignored as Milton Friedman and others led the profession's push for free markets and minimal government intervention.
Correct, because the NPT was born with a loophole.
Yet, despite this deeply ingrained skepticism about human nature, we embrace humanity's talent for progress and innovation, because we recognize man's ability to correct mistakes and errors.
The IMF's first effort at prescribing a cure may be flawed, but its diagnosis of a financial sector bloated by moral hazard is manifestly correct.
And his assessment of US firepower is no doubt correct.
Machiavelli may be correct, but we sometimes forget that the opposite of love is not fear, but hatred.
This view seems intuitively correct, but is it?
Frighteningly, the Russians were likely correct.
For example, in order to prevent shortages, VillageReach, the organization for which I work, helped to correct the population figures used to forecast the number of vaccines needed in each health center.
No economist can be entirely sure that his preferred model is correct.
At the same time, molecular biologists have been working to overcome human disease by deciphering the entire sequence of the human genome and constructing tools to correct genetic and cellular defects.
But both strategies are probably correct.
From what we have seen over the past five years, the correct answer probably contains more than a little bad faith and sheer ineptitude.
Obama is also correct that acting in concert with others is almost always desirable.
It is not politically correct to attribute any share of very poor countries' suffering to their own decisions.
Even patients who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder often wait more than 10 years after initially seeking treatment for the correct diagnosis to be made.
Ferguson is correct that the US will have to come to terms with its budget deficit to maintain international confidence, but, as I show in my book The Future of Power, doing so is within the range of possible outcomes.
NEWPORT BEACH - The conventional wisdom about the November presidential election in the United States is only partly correct.
Where the atheist assault is often correct is in pinpointing the amount of harm frequently done in our world by such fundamentalists.
Both Henry Kissinger and Robert McNamara left office admitting that de Gaulle had been correct.
What he said was both interesting and correct, but it was ripped out of context, and he was unfairly pilloried as a result.
By the fact that he believes and has confidence in you, cares about your true needs, and honestly tells you your mistakes, which he tries to help you correct.

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