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correct

Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛkt/

The English word “correct” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

adverb

  1. Correctly.

interjection

  1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

noun

  1. A correct response.

verb

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

Etymology

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”).

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