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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | correct, right | Free from error |
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| 2 | correct, right | Socially right or correct | |
| 3 | correct, right | In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | |
| 4 | correct, right | Correct in opinion or judgment | |
| VERB | 1 | correct, rectify, right | Make right or correct |
| 2 | correct, right, compensate, redress | Make reparations or amends for | |
| 3 | correct, chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten | Censure severely | |
| 4 | correct, compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up | Adjust for | |
| 5 | correct, discipline, sort out | Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | |
| 6 | correct, decline, slump | Go down in value | |
| 7 | correct, adjust, set | Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | |
| 8 | correct | Treat a defect |
| Sounds | kereh'kt |
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| Rhymes | abject, affect, aftereffect, and 65 more rhymes in ehkt... |
| Meaning | Free from error. Especially conforming to fact or truth. |
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| Examples | "the correct answer"; "the correct version" |
| Synonyms | right |
| Contrary | incorrect, wrong |
| Similar | accurate, exact, precise; letter-perfect, word-perfect; straight |
| See also | accurate; proper; true |
| Attribute of | correctness, rightness |
| Nouns | correctness |
| Adverbs | correctly |
| Meaning | Socially right or correct. |
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| Examples | "correct behavior" |
| Synonyms | right |
| Similar to | proper |
| Nouns | correctness |
| Meaning | In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure. |
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| Synonyms | right |
| Similar to | proper |
| Nouns | correctness |
| Meaning | Correct in opinion or judgment. |
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| Synonyms | right |
| Contrary | wrong |
| Similar | right-minded |
| Nouns | correctness |
| Meaning | Make right or correct. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Correct the mistakes" |
| Synonyms | rectify, right |
| Contrary | falsify |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse |
| Narrower | rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend; debug |
| Nouns | correction |
| Meaning | Make reparations or amends for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | right, compensate, redress |
| Contrary | wrong |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | over-correct, overcompensate; expiate, aby, abye, atone |
| Meaning | Censure severely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten |
| Broader | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast |
| Narrower | flame |
| Adjectives | corrective; corrective |
| Meaning | Adjust for. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" |
| Synonyms | compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise |
| Narrower | carry; cover, compensate, overcompensate |
| Adjectives | corrective; corrective |
| Meaning | Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | discipline, sort out |
| Broader | punish, penalize, penalise |
| Adjectives | corrective; corrective; corrigible |
| Nouns | correction |
| Meaning | Go down in value. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "the stock market corrected" |
| Synonyms | decline, slump |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
| Meaning | Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| Synonyms | adjust, set |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | proportion; modulate; temper; tune, tune up; calibrate, graduate, fine-tune; tune, tune up; time; trim; zero, zero in; zero; readjust, reset; attune; time; set; regulate, modulate; focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen; synchronize, synchronise, sync; pressurize, pressurise; depressurize, depressurise, decompress; match, fit; plumb; align, ordinate, coordinate; harmonize, harmonise, reconcile; linearize, linearise; justify; citify |
| Adjectives | corrective; corrective |
| Meaning | Treat a defect. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
| Broader | treat, care for |
| Adjectives | corrective; corrective |
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