Correct 1
Definition: Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior;
correct views.
Correct 2
Definition: To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners
or principles.
Correct 3
Definition: 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). Correct 4
Definition: 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. Correct 5
Definition: 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.
correct 6
Definition: treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
correct 7
Definition: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
correct 8
Definition: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
correct 9
Definition: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
correct 10
Definition: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
correct 11
Definition: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
correct 12
Definition: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
correct 13
Definition: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
correct 14
Definition: 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"
correct 15
Definition: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
correct 16
Definition: socially right or correct; "it isn''t right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
correct 17
Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what''s the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
