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Meaning and definition for "correct" word
[adjective] correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
[adjective] socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
[adjective] in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
[verb] make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
[verb] censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
[verb] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong"
[verb] punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
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\Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. --T. Burnet. 2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. --Shak. 4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}.
Synonyms for correct
accurate, castigate, chasten, chastise, compensate, discipline, exact, letter-perfect, objurgate, precise, rectify, redress, right, right, right, right-minded, sort out, straight, word-perfect
Antonyms: falsify, incorrect, wrong, wrong
See also: aby | abye | adjust | alter | amend | atone | bawl out | berate | change | change by reversal | chew out | chew up | chide | counterbalance | debug | dress down | even off | even out | even up | expiate | flame | have words | jaw | lambast | lambaste | lecture | overcompensate | over-correct | penalise | penalize | proper | punish | rag | rebuke | remediate | remedy | remonstrate | repair | reprimand | reproof | reverse | scold | set | trounce | true | turn |
Related terms: accord, ameliorate, assimilate to, attentive, censure, comply, decorous, detailed, discipline, felicitous, finical, formal, functional, happy, inflict upon, inspired, mark, modify, okay, pronominal, punctilious, put to rights, recense, right, spank, square accounts, traditional, uncharm, visit upon, well-behaved
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Let's analyse "correct" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TCERROC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1795 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
correct: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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