correct
Part of speech: adj
adv
intj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: more correct
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most correct
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: corrects
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: corrects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: correcting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: correctest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: correctedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: corrects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: correcteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: correct
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: correcting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: corrected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Free from error; true; accurate.
pos: adj
examples: Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10
We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.
gloss: With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
pos: adj
gloss: Correctly.
pos: adv
examples: Hope I spelt your name correct.
gloss: Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
pos: intj
gloss: A correct response.
pos: noun
examples: 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 […]
gloss: To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To grade (examination papers).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
gloss: To inform (someone) of their error.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It's rude to correct your parents.
gloss: To discipline; to punish.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: all correct
anatomically correct
autocorrect
come correct
conservatively correct
const-correct
correctamundo
correctify
correctitude
correctly
correctness
corright
hypercorrect
hypocorrect
incorrect
k'rect card
noncorrect
patriotically correct
politically correct
pseudocorrect
recorrect
uncorrect
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