correct
Meaning of correct
adjective
- Free from error; true; accurate.
- With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
- To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
The navigator corrected the course of the ship.
- (by extension) To grade (examination papers).
- To inform (someone) of their error.
It's rude to correct your parents.
- To discipline; to punish.
Information about correct
- The plural form of correct is: corrects.
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Hyphenation of correct
cor-rect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- correct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
correct synonyms
Meaning right:
Meaning rectify:
Meaning chastise:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
Meaning compensate:
Meaning discipline:
Meaning decline:
Meaning adjust:
correct antonyms
Meaning :
uncouth, inaccurate, incorrect
Translation of correct
- German: akkurat, exakt, richtig, präzise, genau, vorschriftsmäßig, korrekt, verbessern, korrigieren, anpassen, angleichen
- French: exact, correct, corriger, rectifier, ajuster, bon
- Spanish: correcto, exacto, acertado, acertada, exacta, correcta, corregir, adecuar, ajustar, justo, apropiado, apto, prudente
- Portuguese: exacto, correcto, corrigir, regular
- Italian: esatto, corretto, giusto, correggere, adattare, adeguare, registrare, regolare
Words that rhyme with correct
rect, coerect, erect, preerect, reerect, semierect, suberect, unerect, codirect, direct, indirect, misdirect, overdirect, predirect, redirect, semidirect, tertrodirect, undirect, unidirect, arrect, carrect, hypercorrect, incorrect, insurrect, miscorrect, overcorrect, porrect, precorrect, recorrect, resurrect, uncorrect, undercorrect, detrect, obtrect
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