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.
Part of speech: 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]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for correct is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is correct a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, correct is tagged as adjective.
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