Verb has 8 senses

• correct(v = verb.change) rectify, right - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"


Antonym: falsify
Derived form noun correction₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• correct(v = verb.social) compensate, redress, right - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"


Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something

• correct(v = verb.communication) castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"


Derived form adjective corrective₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• correct(v = verb.stative) compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"


Derived form adjective corrective₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• correct(v = verb.social) discipline, sort out - punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

Derived form noun correction₆, adjective corrective₁, adjective corrigible₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• correct(v = verb.motion) decline, slump - go down in value; "prices slumped"; "the stock market corrected"

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• correct(v = verb.change) adjust, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"


Derived form adjective corrective₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Something ----s something

• correct(v = verb.body) - treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

Derived form adjective corrective₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Something is ----ing PP

Adjective has 4 senses

• correct(a = adj.all) right - free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "the right decision"; "took the right road"



Antonym: incorrect
Derived form noun correctness₁

• correct(s = adj.all) right - socially right or correct; "correct behavior"; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"

Derived form noun correctness₂

• correct(s = adj.all) right - in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "the right way to open oysters"; "what's the right word for this?"

Derived form noun correctness₂

• correct(a = adj.all) right - correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

Derived form noun correctness₂