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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Example:
the right decision
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
accurate; exact; precise ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct)
letter-perfect; word-perfect (correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words)
straight (following a correct or logical method)
Also:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Attribute:
correctness; rightness (conformity to fact or truth)
Antonym:
incorrect (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)
Derivation:
correctness (conformity to fact or truth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Correct in opinion or judgment
Example:
time proved him right
Synonyms:
correct; right
Classified under:
Similar:
right-minded (disposed toward or having views based on what is right)
Derivation:
correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Socially right or correct
Example:
correct behavior
Synonyms:
correct; right
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Example:
the right way to open oysters
Synonyms:
correct; right
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they correct ... he / she / it corrects
Past simple: corrected
Past participle: corrected
-ing form: correcting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat a defect
Example:
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
care for; treat (provide treatment for)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
Derivation:
corrective (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make right or correct
Example:
rectify the calculation
Synonyms:
correct; rectify; right
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correct"):
amend; rectify; remediate; remedy; repair (set straight or right)
debug (locate and correct errors in a computer program code)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
falsify (falsify knowingly)
Derivation:
correction (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Example:
correct the alignment of the front wheels
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correct"):
citify (accustom to urban ways)
justify (adjust the spaces between words)
linearise; linearize (make linear or get into a linear form)
harmonise; harmonize; reconcile (bring into consonance or accord)
align; coordinate; ordinate (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation)
plumb (adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical)
fit; match (make correspond or harmonize)
decompress; depressurise; depressurize (decrease the pressure of)
pressurise; pressurize (increase the pressure in or of)
sync; synchronise; synchronize (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)
focalise; focalize; focus; sharpen (put (an image) into focus)
modulate; regulate (fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of)
set (set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly)
proportion (adjust in size relative to other things)
modulate (adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of)
temper (adjust the pitch (of pianos))
tune; tune up (adjust the pitches of (musical instruments))
calibrate; fine-tune; graduate (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring)
tune; tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)
time (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time)
trim (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)
zero; zero in (adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun))
zero (adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value)
readjust; reset (adjust again after an initial failure)
attune (adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with)
time (regulate or set the time of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
corrective (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Censure severely
Example:
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Synonyms:
castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
bawl out; berate; call down; call on the carpet; chew out; chew up; chide; dress down; have words; jaw; lambast; lambaste; lecture; rag; rebuke; remonstrate; reprimand; scold; take to task; trounce (censure severely or angrily)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correct"):
flame (criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
corrective (designed to promote discipline)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Go down in value
Example:
prices slumped
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 6
Meaning:
Make reparations or amends for
Example:
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Synonyms:
compensate; correct; redress; right
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correct"):
over-correct; overcompensate (make excessive corrections for fear of making an error)
aby; abye; atone; expiate (make amends for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
Meaning:
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Example:
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Synonyms:
correct; discipline; sort out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
correction (the act of disciplining)
corrective (designed to promote discipline)
corrigible (capable of being corrected or set right)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Adjust for
Example:
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Synonyms:
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "correct" is one way to...):
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "correct"):
carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance)
compensate; cover; overcompensate (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
corrective (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition)
Context examples:
Cytoplasmic proteins of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes that bind to nascent or unfolded polypeptides and ensure correct folding or transport.
(Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding in which the QT interval corrected for heart rate using Bazett's formula is slightly prolonged.
(Borderline QTcB, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Inhibitory currents correct out-of-balance electrical activity and thus produce resilience.
(Self-tuning neurons promote resilience to stress, depression, NIH)
The latest results from Curiosity indicate that these wetter scenarios were correct for the lower portions of Mount Sharp.
(NASA's Curiosity Rover Team Confirms Ancient Lakes on Mars, NASA)
There could be some dramatic changes to the night sky if astronomers are correct in their observations.
(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)
In a test with 502 new images, DeepGestalt successfully placed the correct syndrome in its top 10 list 91% of the time.
(Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Diagnose Rare Disorders with Just A Picture, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
And Martin knew that Lizzie's diagnosis had been correct.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Applying nitrogen at the correct levels can optimize yield and profit while keeping excess nutrients out of rivers, lakes and groundwater.
(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
The researchers’ hypothesis that there were, in fact, such associations, proved correct.
(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Stem cell transplantation can fully correct the T-cell and, less consistently, the B-cell deficiencies of SCID infants.
(Early treatment benefits infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, NIH)
