Correct

/kəˈɹɛkt/ · adjective

Meaning

Free from error; true; accurate..

Definitions by Sense

1. Free from error; true; accurate.
2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
3. Correctly.
4. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
5. A correct response.
6. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
7. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
8. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.

Example Sentences

Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10

We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.

Hope I spelt your name correct.

Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]

You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.

The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.

The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

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• most correct
• corrects
• correcting
• corrected
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• glossary
• correct
• correctest
• correctedst
• correcteth
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