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| 1. | [ verb ] make right or correct | |
| Synonyms: | rectify right | |
| Examples: | "Correct the mistakes" "rectify the calculation" |
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| Related terms: | falsify change_by_reversal adjust rectify debug correction | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make reparations or amends for | |
| Synonyms: | redress compensate right | |
| Examples: | "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
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| Related terms: | wrong change expiate over-correct compensate redress recompense right | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | |
| Synonyms: | right | |
| Examples: | "the correct answer" "the correct version" "the right answer" "took the right road" "the right decision" |
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| Related terms: | incorrect incorrect accurate accurate straight letter-perfect true proper accurate correctness | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] socially right or correct | |
| Synonyms: | right | |
| Examples: | "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye" "correct behavior" |
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| Related terms: | proper | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | |
| Synonyms: | right | |
| Examples: | "what's the right word for this?" "the right way to open oysters" |
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| Related terms: | proper | |
| 6. | [ verb ] censure severely | |
| Synonyms: | castigate chastise objurgate chasten chastize | |
| Examples: | "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
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| Related terms: | rebuke flame castigation chiding correction | |
| 7. | [ verb ] treat a defect | |
| Examples: | "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
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| Related terms: | treat | |
| 8. | [ verb ] alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | |
| Synonyms: | adjust set | |
| Examples: | "Adjust the clock, please" "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
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| Related terms: | change regulate set calibrate match harmonize tune attune synchronize focus align pressurize zero zero trim readjust depressurize time plumb tune temper lubricate linearize time citify justify modulate proportion adjustment | |
| 9. | [ verb ] adjust or make up for | |
| Synonyms: | compensate counterbalance even_off even_up even_out | |
| Examples: | "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" |
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| Related terms: | balance carry cover counterbalance | |
| 10. | [ verb ] go down in value | |
| Synonyms: | slump decline | |
| Examples: | "the stock market corrected" "prices slumped" |
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| Related terms: | descend | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] correct in opinion or judgment | |
| Synonyms: | right | |
| Examples: | "time proved him right" |
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| Related terms: | wrong right-minded right-minded | |
| 12. | [ verb ] punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | |
| Synonyms: | sort_out discipline | |
| Examples: | "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" |
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| Related terms: | punish discipline | |
| Similar spelling: |
correctly corrected corrective correction correcting corset courgette coarctate corked Corchado cork_tree Coricidin |
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