- cor|rect´ing|ly
- cor|rect «kuh REHKT», adjective, verb.–adj.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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
