Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.

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

    The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

    ausbessern, korrigieren, richtigstellen

    исправля́тьispravljátʹ, испра́витьisprávitʹ, корректи́роватьkorrektírovatʹ

    виправля́тиvypravljáty, ви́правитиvýpravyty, коригува́тиkoryhuváty

    make right or correct

  2. (broadly, transitive)To grade (examination papers).

    The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

  3. (transitive)To inform (someone) of their error.

    It's rude to correct your parents.

  4. (transitive)To discipline; to punish.

Examples

1220 sentences

  1. I think your answer is correct.

    Я думаю, що твоя відповідь правильна. — deniko

    ruДумаю, твой ответ верен. — Hellerick

    deIch denke, Ihre Antwort ist richtig. — Manfredo

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  2. In my opinion, he is correct.

    Я вважаю, що він має рацію. — deniko

    ruЯ считаю, что он прав. — al_ex_an_der

    deMeiner Meinung nach hat er Recht. — lilygilder

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  3. Let's assume that Tom is correct.

    Припустімо, Том має рацію. — deniko

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  4. We have to correct our mistakes.

    Ми маємо виправити свої помилки. — deniko

    ruНам надо исправить свои ошибки. — marafon

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  5. Neither Tom nor Mary is correct.

    Ані Том, ані Мері не мають рації. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make something become right that was previously wrong:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make something become right that was previously wrong:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make something become right that was previously wrong:

Origin

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

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Forms

corrects, correcting, corrected, corrected
Base formcorrect · to correct
3rd person singularcorrects
Present participlecorrecting
Past simplecorrected
Past participlecorrected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycorrect
he, she, itcorrects

Past simpleLesson

all personscorrected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave corrected
he, she, ithas corrected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill correct

Synonyms

57 synonyms
fixB1retrieveB2mendB1patchB2reformB2refurbishC1remedyB1renewB1restoreB1rightA1penalizeB2punishB1amendrectify
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
falsify

Word family

27 related words
Relatedcorrectioncorrectivecorrigible
Derivedcorrectabilitycorrectablecorrectednesscorrecting fluidcorrectinglycorrectorcorrectorycorrectrixcourse-correcterror correctgeocorrecthypocorrectincorrectedmiscorrectnoncorrectednoncorrectingovercorrectpolitically correctprecorrectself-correctself-correctinguncorrectableuncorrectedundercorrect

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • answer is correct
  • the correct answer
  • grammatically correct
  • correct in assuming
  • grammatically correct but
  • correct answer
  • translation is correct
  • is grammatically correct
  • correct the errors
  • correct the problem
  • partially correct
  • absolutely correct

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
corpulentcorpusC2corralcorrectionB1correctionalcorrective
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