Correct

What do we mean by correct?

To make or put right. intransitive verb

To remove the errors or mistakes from. intransitive verb

To indicate or mark the errors in. intransitive verb

To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error. intransitive verb

To scold or punish so as to improve or reform. intransitive verb

To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example). intransitive verb

To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition. intransitive verb

To make corrections. intransitive verb

To make adjustments; compensate. intransitive verb

Free from error or fault; true or accurate. adjective

Conforming to standards; proper. adjective

Correction. noun

To make straight or right; remove error from; bring into accordance with a standard or original; point out errors in.

Specifically— To note or mark errors or defects in, as a printer's proof, a book, a manuscript, etc., by marginal or interlinear writing.

To make alterations in, as type set for printing, according to the marking on a proof taken from it; make the changes required by: as, to correct a page or a form; to correct a proof.

To point out and remove, or endeavor to remove, an error or fault in: as, to correct an astronomical observation.

To destroy or frustrate; remove or counteract the operation or effects of, especially of something that is undesirable or injurious; rectify: as, to correct abuses; to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.

Specifically, in optics, to eliminate from (an eyepiece or object-glass) the spherical or chromatic aberration which tends to make the image respectively indistinct or discolored. See aberration, 4.

Free from error; true; accurate.

With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

To look physically good. To be in good shape. To not be saggin' or a big person. Urban Dictionary

The right answer; its exact. Urban Dictionary

1.the right answer 2.looking good Urban Dictionary

In IM conversations, users often send messages in haste and only afterwards notice a typographical error (shortened as typo). It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message where the word CORRECTION precedes the correct word. Urban Dictionary

When a person uses the phrase " political correctiveness " in a sentence, trying to sound intelligent. When in fact, correctiveness is not a word at all. Urban Dictionary

A procedure which has consistently corrected a specific type of error. Urban Dictionary

The act of being 100% correct, without fail Urban Dictionary

When something is more correct than correct. Urban Dictionary

Slang term for murder or killing someone or something My girlfriend Nicole told me she saw a spider in the washroom and "corrected its ass" Urban Dictionary

Latin for one who is full of correctedness. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to correct:
correct, porrect, corect.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word correct:
incorrect, answer, answers, errors, pronunciation, contestant, spelling, clue, guess, mistakes, correctly, error, wrong, mistake, interpretation, diagnosis, question, algorithm, probability, procedure, questions, identification, accurate, usage, problem.

Words that rhyme with correct:
effect, affect, respect, project, subject, aspect, object, perfect, reflect, direct, connect, circumspect, defect, expect, neglect, suspect, collect, select, protect, dialect, reject, detect, deflect, architect, retrospect, dissect, insect, sect, intellect, erect, elect, inspect, disrespect, eject, intersect, indirect, prefect, resurrect, interject, disconnect, inject, infect, transect, side effect, incorrect, recollect, spect, introspect, deject, interconnect, redirect, checked, aftereffect, confect, flecked, wrecked, disaffect, decked, reelect, necked, speckt, disinfect, in effect, bedecked, henpecked, reconnect, misdirect, brecht, welked, hecht, unchecked, doppler effect, trekked, specked, overprotect, greenhouse effect, reinspect, recht, albrecht, pecked, specht, take effect, future perfect, knecht, in that respect, present perfect, schlecht, sound effect, scale insect, past perfect, whelked, stick insect, cantonese dialect, coattails effect, liege subject, willful neglect, rechecked, wecht, child neglect, landscape architect.

Adjectives that are often used to describe correct:
percent, incorrect, final, total, your, withholding, certified, quite, politically, more, mean, exercise, most, wrong, average, qasim, original, best, false, sidedness, short, percentage, ancient, independent, overall, test, servant, adjective, per, answer, problems, self, speech, probably, hypothesizing.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective correct:
answer, position, answers, diagnosis, response, responses, form, way, interpretation, use, order, information, value, solution, number, choice, amount, spelling, name, understanding, word, view, idea, method, size, reading, procedure, sequence, pronunciation, results, statement, decision, behavior, values, result, knowledge, usage, judgment, errors, description, identification, one, term, explanation, location, estimate, type, application, path, principles, direction, account, placement, date, balance, definition, conclusion, decisions, operation, version, meaning, length, attitude, alignment, angle, expression, translation, temperature, proportions, performance, english, posture, positions, picture, procedures, orientation, relationship, exposure, representation, course, classification.

Consonant match to correct:
coact.

Words that sound like correct:
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