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correct

(k/@/'r/E/kt )

free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth(adj.all)

Example:
The correct answer.
The correct version.

Synonym:
right
Antonym:
incorrect, wrong

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correct in opinion or judgment(adj.all)

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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.(adjective)

source: webster1913

socially right or correct(adj.all)

Example:
Correct behavior.

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in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure(adj.all)

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make right or correct(verb.change)

Example:
Correct the mistakes.

Synonym:
rectify, right
Antonym:
falsify

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make reparations or amends for(verb.social)

Synonym:
compensate, redress, right
Antonym:
wrong

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censure severely(verb.communication)

Synonym:
castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate

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adjust for(verb.stative)

Example:
Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance.

Synonym:
compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up

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punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience(verb.social)

Synonym:
discipline, sort out

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go down in value(verb.motion)

Example:
The stock market corrected.

Synonym:
decline, drop, slump

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alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard(verb.change)

Example:
Correct the alignment of the front wheels.

Synonym:
adjust, set

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treat a defect(verb.body)

Example:
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia.

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To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.(verb)

source: webster1913