cor|rect´ly

cor|rect´ly: cor|rect «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb.

–adj.

1. free from mistakes or faults; true; right: »He gave the correct answer.

2. agreeing with a good standard of taste; proper: »correct manners, correct dress.

3. conforming to an accepted standard, especially one that is socially acceptable within a certain group: »The narrator, instead of having a winged horse, has an environmentally correct car (Guy Garcia).

–v.t.

1. to change to what is right; remove mistakes or faults from: »Correct any wrong spellings that you find. His near-sightedness was corrected by properly fitted glasses.
SYNONYM(S): amend.

2. to point out or mark the mistakes in, so that they can be made right: »The teacher corrected our tests and returned them to us. The brash youngster did not hesitate to correct his elders in public.

3. to adjust to agree with some standard: »to correct the reading of a barometer.

4. to punish; set right by punishing; find fault with to improve: »The mother corrected her child for misbehaving.
SYNONYM(S): discipline, chastise, reprove.

5. to counteract or neutralize (something hurtful or undesirable); overcome: »Medicine can sometimes correct stomach trouble.
SYNONYM(S): remedy, cure.

–v.i.

to make a correction oorrections; make up for a deviation or error: »He corrected desperately as the car bounced into a ditch (New Yorker). Brokers said [that] the market “corrected” after its runup the previous days (Wall Street Journal). It is possible to transfer genetic information from one type of cell, thereby correcting for a genetic deficiency in that cell (Science News).

╂[< Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere make straight < com- (intensive) + regere to direct]

–cor|rect´a|ble,

–cor|rect´i|ble, adjective.

–cor|rect´ing|ly, adverb.

–cor|rect´ly, adverb.

Synonym Study adjective. 1 Correct, accurate, exact mean without error or mistake. Correct adds nothing to that basic meaning: »correct answers, a correct statement, correct reasoning.
Accurate emphasizes the careful effort to make something agree exactly with the facts or a model: »an accurate account of the accident, an accurate drawing of the Capitol, accurate observations of wild life.
Exact emphasizes the complete agreement in every detail with the facts or a model: »His painting is an exact copy of the original.

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cor|rect — «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. free from mistakes or faults; true; right: »He gave the correct answer. 2. agreeing with a good standard of taste; proper: »correct manners, correct dress. 3. conforming to an accepted standard, especially… … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect|ed — «kuh REHK tihd», adjective. made free from mistakes or faults: »a corrected test paper. SYNONYM(S): emended, rectified … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect´ing|ly — cor|rect «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. free from mistakes or faults; true; right: »He gave the correct answer. 2. agreeing with a good standard of taste; proper: »correct manners, correct dress. 3. conforming to an accepted standard,… … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect´i|ble — cor|rect «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. free from mistakes or faults; true; right: »He gave the correct answer. 2. agreeing with a good standard of taste; proper: »correct manners, correct dress. 3. conforming to an accepted standard,… … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect´a|ble — cor|rect «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. free from mistakes or faults; true; right: »He gave the correct answer. 2. agreeing with a good standard of taste; proper: »correct manners, correct dress. 3. conforming to an accepted standard,… … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect|i|tude — «kuh REHK tuh tood, tyood», noun. correctness of conduct or behavior: »Like his father and grandfather he had an eye for correctitude in dress and decorations (London Times). ╂[< correct, on analogy of rectitude] … Useful english dictionary
cor|rect|ness — «kuh REHKT nihs», noun. 1. the quality or condition of being free from mistakes or faults or of agreeing with a standard of good taste: »He denied the correctness of the assertion (H. H. Wilson). 2. the fact or condition of being politically… … Useful english dictionary
in´cor|rect´ness — in|cor|rect «IHN kuh REHKT», adjective. 1. not correct; containing errors or mistakes; wrong; faulty: »The newspaper gave an incorrect account of the accident. SYNONYM(S): erroneous, inaccurate. 2. not agreeing with a good standard of taste;… … Useful english dictionary
in´cor|rect´ly — in|cor|rect «IHN kuh REHKT», adjective. 1. not correct; containing errors or mistakes; wrong; faulty: »The newspaper gave an incorrect account of the accident. SYNONYM(S): erroneous, inaccurate. 2. not agreeing with a good standard of taste;… … Useful english dictionary
in|cor|rect — «IHN kuh REHKT», adjective. 1. not correct; containing errors or mistakes; wrong; faulty: »The newspaper gave an incorrect account of the accident. SYNONYM(S): erroneous, inaccurate. 2. not agreeing with a good standard of taste; improper: » … Useful english dictionary

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