correct

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Free from error; true; accurate.
2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

Adv

Correctly.

Intj

Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

Noun

A correct response.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
2. (broadly, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

Concepts

corriger

correct

juste

rectifier

exact

redresser

droit

vrai

bon

👍

convenable

ajuster

amender

compenser

raison

punir

authentique

raccommoder

ranger

réformer

régler

régulier

remonter

reprendre

réviser

châtier

conforme à l’usage

porter remède

rajuster

se corriger

spécialisé

répondre juste

réponse correcte

abattre

approprié

arranger

bonne

conforme

congru

correcte

correctement

falsifier

fixer

indemniser

justement

normal

parfait

propre

Synonymes

right

true

proper

rectify

accurate

exact

amend

revise

repair

adjust

improve

just

straight

fix

reform

make right

chastise

mend

discipline

chasten

set right

put right

righteous

straighten out

real

good

👍

edit

alter

precise

redress

regular

castigate

change

straighten

perfect

sound

🔉

upright

fair

remedy

modify

cure

appropriate

punish

review

sort out

compensate

I agree

emend

legitimate

honest

truth

restore

correctly

set

straightforward

⬆️

meet

suitable

teach

normal

train

🚋

truthful

orderly

fitting

admonish

authentic

proofread

set straight

punctual

reasonable

rebuke

instruct

veritable

genuine

all right

penalize

well

extend

decline

wonderful

even up

assist

retouch

tidy up

careful

precision

apt

mark

help

infallible

make up

counterbalance

even out

slump

make better

make corrections

even off

counteract

actual

teach someone a lesson

sincere

put in order

correctness

set aright

raise

scan

erect

rightful

reprove

rewrite

reclaim

fit

give someone a lesson

convenient

faultless

update

objurgate

valid

transform

clean

relax

reorder

reorganize

reprimand

respectable

retaliate

revamp

right hand

scold

scourge

scrutinise

shift

skillful

slay

smart

solve

strict

strike out

suited

systematic

thorough

tidy

timely

set to rights

touch on

touch up

towards

treat

trueness

true up

unbend

unerring

unharness

unweave

upbraid

value

vamp

virtuous

vote

warn

well-balanced

well-formed

work on

well-grounded

angry with

be accurate

emendate

free of errors

improve upon

it is true

just right

redress set one right

set up again

make straight

correct interpretation

train up

without error

perform some process

apply some treatment

be certain

o.k.

point-device

red-pencil

thoro

love

❤️

make plain

do properly

cause to obey

stretch forth

take steps against

real stuff

all correct

bring into subjection

give advice to

reject as unfounded

render wise

acceptable

accuracy

adequate

advisable

align

aline

a lot

alternation

amendment

applicable

arrange

assassinate

backspace

becoming

befitting

big

bona fide

break in

brush up

cleanse

clear

clear up

comment

competent

congenial

congruous

continue

convict

correction

criticism

crop

cross

cross out

cut

cut corners

decent

decide

decorate

deleting

direct

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

dress

👗

due

earnest

eligible

equitable

errorless

exactitude

exactly

exchange

exhort

explain

explain to

explicit

factual

falsify

fast

fold

formal

full

give

give the lie to

guide

hand

✋

hard

harvest

healthy

⚕️

hold out

honest-to-god

honest-to-goodness

idiomatic

important

innocent

😇

interpolate

iron out

judge

🧑‍⚖️

justified

keelhaul

kill

🔪🩸👤

lambaste

legal

like

liquidate

live

make good

meliorate

moral

much

murder

neat

neutralize

on time

opportune

orient

orthodox

owned

pair

pass

pat

patch

penalise

plausible

polish

🇵🇱

polite

positive

pragmatical

present

prompt

proof-read

properly

pure

purify

put out

reassessment

recapitulate

refine

refit

regarding

Traductions

correcto

corregir

richtig

korrigieren

berichtigen

juist

verbessern

korrekt

verbeteren

correct

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəˈɹɛkt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: correcten

In summary

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).