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correct

• (a) 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
  right,
• (s) socially right or correct
  • it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
  • correct behavior
  right,
• (s) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
  • what's the right word for this?
  • the right way to open oysters
  right,
• (a) correct in opinion or judgment
  • time proved him right
  right,

Verbs

• (v) make right or correct
  • Correct the mistakes
  • rectify the calculation
  right, rectify,
• (v) make reparations or amends for
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
  redress, right, compensate,
• (v) censure severely
  • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
  castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate,
• (v) adjust for
  • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up,
• (v) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
  • The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
  discipline, sort out,
• (v) go down in value
  • the stock market corrected
  • prices slumped
  slump, decline,
• (v) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  • Adjust the clock, please
  • correct the alignment of the front wheels
  adjust, set,
• (v) treat a defect
  • The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia

Synonyms

right rectify redress compensate castigate chasten chastise objurgate counterbalance even off even out even up make up discipline sort out slump decline adjust set

Antonyms

incorrect wrong falsify

See also

accurate proper true compensate counterbalance even off even out even up make up

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