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correct
English
- 🔊 free from error“the correct answer”
- 🔊 socially right or correct“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?”
- 🔊 correct in opinion or judgment“time proved him right”
- 🔊 treat a defect“The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia”
- 🔊 make right or correct“Correct the mistakes”
- 🔊 punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience“The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”
- 🔊 alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard“Adjust the clock, please”
- 🔊 go down in value“the stock market corrected”
- 🔊 adjust for“engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”
- 🔊 make reparations or amends for“right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
- 🔊 censure severely“She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”
Spanish
- 🔊 corregir to correct
- 🔊 enmendar to correct
- 🔊 correcto correct, right
- 🔊 acertado correct, accurate
- 🔊 derecho correct, appropriate, right