correct

Meaning

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.

Opposite of

incorrect, inaccurate, wrong, uncouth

Synonyms

right

true

proper

rectify

accurate

exact

amend

revise

repair

adjust

improve

just

straight

reform

fix

make right

chastise

mend

discipline

put right

righteous

chasten

set right

alter

real

straighten out

precise

good

👍

edit

redress

regular

straighten

perfect

change

castigate

upright

remedy

sound

🔉

appropriate

modify

cure

fair

legitimate

honest

I agree

punish

sort out

compensate

emend

review

Translations

corriger

correcto

corregir

correggere

correct

richtig

korrigieren

juste

berichtigen

corretto

juist

verbessern

rectifier

correcte

korrekt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹɛkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).