Correct meaning

What does “correct” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“correct” is a verb and adjective with 12 meanings. Its most common meaning is: make right or correct.

correct

make right or correct
“Correct the mistakes”
“rectify the calculation”
Synonymsrectify right
Oppositesfalsify
make reparations or amends for
“right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
Synonymsright compensate redress
censure severely
“She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”
Synonymschastise castigate objurgate chasten
adjust for
“engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”
Synonymscompensate counterbalance make up even out even off even up
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
“The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”
Synonymsdiscipline sort out
go down in value
“the stock market corrected”
“prices slumped”
Synonymsdecline slump
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
“Adjust the clock, please”
“correct the alignment of the front wheels”
Synonymsadjust set
treat a defect
“The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia”

free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
“the correct answer”
“the correct version”
Synonymsright
Oppositesincorrect
socially right or correct
“it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye”
“correct behavior”
Synonymsright
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
“what's the right word for this?”
“the right way to open oysters”
Synonymsright
correct in opinion or judgment
“time proved him right”
Synonymsright

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University