correct

Universal Words adjective, verb adjective 1 accurate or true, without any mistakes SYNRIGHT: Do you have the correct time? * the correct answer * Please check that these details are correct. * 'Are you in charge here?' 'That's correct.' * Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about wine? OPPINCORRECT 2 right and suitable, so that sth is done as it should be done: Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down? * I think you've made the correct decision. 3 taking care to speak or behave in a way that follows the accepted standards or rules: a correct young lady * He is always very correct in his speech. OPPINCORRECT seealsoPOLITICALLYCORRECT correctly adverb: Have you spelled it correctly? * They reasoned, correctly, that she was away for the weekend. * He was looking correctly grave. correctness noun [U]: The correctness of this decision may be doubted. seealsoPOLITICALCORRECTNESS IDIOMS see PRESENTadj. verb 1 [VN] to make sth right or accurate, for example by changing it or removing mistakes: Read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find. * Their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a laser. * They issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier. 2 [VN] (of a teacher) to mark the mistakes in a piece of work (and sometimes give a mark/grade to the work): I spent all evening correcting essays. 3 to tell sb that they have made a mistake: [VN] Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last year's brochure? * Yes, you're right-I stand corrected (= I accept that I made a mistake). * [VNspeech] 'It's Yates, not Wates,' she corrected him. [also Vspeech]