English Explanatory Dictionary

correct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Free from error; true; accurate.
  2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
adv
  1. Correctly.
intj
  1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
noun
  1. A correct response.
verb
  1. To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
  2. To grade (examination papers).
  3. To inform (someone) of their error.
  4. To discipline; to punish.

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹɛkt/ en-us-correct.ogg

Word forms

correct more correct most correct corrects correcting corrected no-table-tags glossary correctest correctedst correcteth

Etymology

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

Synonyms

faithful right well-behaved well-mannered civil civilized complaisant correct courteous cultivated fair-mannered genteel mannerly polished polite politic reasonable refined urbane well-bred OK amend rectify fix fix up furbish retrieve make whole mend patch put to rights recondition reform refurbish remediate remedy renew renovate restore restrive revamp chasten gruel amerce castigate chastise come down on fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's head have someone's hide give it to someone give someone what for give what for malavogue nail someone to the wall penalize penance punish tan someone's hide

Antonyms

incorrect inaccurate wrong bastard counterfactual erroneous fallacious false fictitious invented made up nonfactual nontrue nontruthful pseudo- spurious untrue untruthful unveracious unveridical rude uncouth aweless improper bad-mannered barbaric bold bumptious crude churlish impudent discourteous gauche ill-bred ill-mannered impolite incivil insolent lack-grace mismannered rantipole rough uncivil uncivilized uncourteous uncultured underbred unmannerly unpolished unpolite unrefined

Derived words

all correct anatomically correct autocorrect come correct conservatively correct const-correct correctamundo correctify correctitude correctly correctness corright hypercorrect hypocorrect incorrect k'rect card noncorrect patriotically correct politically correct pseudocorrect recorrect uncorrect correctability correctable correctedness correcting fluid correctingly correction correct me if I'm wrong corrector correctory correctrix course-correct error correct geocorrect incorrected miscorrect noncorrected noncorrecting overcorrect precorrect self-correct self-correcting uncorrectable uncorrected undercorrect
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