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correct - 13 definitions

- verb
1. correct -- make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
synonyms: rectify, right
antonyms: falsify -- falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. right -- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
synonyms: right, compensate, redress
antonyms: wrong -- treat unjustly; do wrong to
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. chastise -- censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
synonyms: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. compensate -- adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. discipline -- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
synonyms: discipline, sort out
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. decline -- go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
synonyms: decline, slump
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. adjust -- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
synonyms: adjust, set
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. correct -- treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. correct, emend -- to make free from error
synonyms: emend, rectify, corrects, corrected, correcter, correctest, correcting, uncorrected
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
10. correct -- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
synonyms: right
antonyms: incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" , incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. correct -- socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
synonyms: right
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. correct -- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
synonyms: right
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
13. right -- correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
synonyms: right
antonyms: wrong -- based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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Antonyms
falsify -- falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
wrong -- treat unjustly; do wrong to
incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
incorrect -- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
wrong -- based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way"

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