correct
1. make right or correct (Freq. 13)
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
• Syn:
rectify, right
• Ant:
falsify
• Derivationally related forms:
rectification (for: rectify), correction
• Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
• Hyponyms:
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend, debug
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make reparations or amends for (Freq. 5)
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
• Syn:
right, compensate, redress
• Ant:
wrong (for: right)
• See Also:
compensate (for: compensate)
• Derivationally related forms:
redress (for: redress), compensation (for: compensate), right (for: right)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
over-correct, overcompensate, expiate, aby, abye, atone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. censure severely (Freq. 1)
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
• Syn:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective, objurgation (for: objurgate), castigation (for: castigate), chastisement (for: chastise)
• Hypernyms:
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down,
scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
• Hyponyms:
flame
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
• Syn:
discipline, sort out
• Derivationally related forms:
corrigible, corrective, correction, discipline (for: discipline)
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. go down in value
- the stock market corrected
- prices slumped
• Syn:
decline, slump
• Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- Adjust the clock, please
- correct the alignment of the front wheels
• Syn:
adjust, set
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective, adjustive (for: adjust), adjustable (for: adjust), adjustment (for: adjust), adjuster (for: adjust)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
proportion, modulate, temper, tune, tune up,
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune, time, trim, zero,
zero in, readjust, reset, attune, set, regulate,
focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen, synchronize, synchronise,
sync, pressurize, pressurise, depressurize, depressurise, decompress,
match, fit, plumb, align, ordinate, coordinate,
coordinate, harmonise, reconcile, linearize, linearise,
justify, citify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
7. adjust for
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
• Syn:
compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective, counterbalance (for: counterbalance), compensation (for: compensate)
• Hypernyms:
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
• Hyponyms:
carry, cover, compensate, overcompensate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
8. treat a defect
- The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective
• Hypernyms:
treat, care for
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s something
1. free from error;
especially conforming to fact or truth (Freq. 5)
- the correct answer
- the correct version
- the right answer
- took the right road
- the right decision
• Syn:
right
• Ant:
wrong (for: right), incorrect
• Similar to:
accurate, exact, precise, letter-perfect, word-perfect, straight
• See Also:
accurate, proper, true
• Derivationally related forms:
rightness (for: right), correctness
• Attrubites:
correctness, rightness
2. socially right or correct (Freq. 5)
- it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
- correct behavior
• Syn:
right
• Similar to:
proper
• Derivationally related forms:
rightness (for: right), correctness
3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure (Freq. 2)
- what's the right word for this?
- the right way to open oysters
• Syn:
right
• Similar to:
proper
• Derivationally related forms:
correctness
4. correct in opinion or judgment
- time proved him right
• Syn:
right
• Ant:
wrong (for: right)
• Similar to:
right-minded
• Derivationally related forms:
correctness, rightness (for: right)
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