CORRECT

COR ·RECT 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

verb
  1. make right or correct
  2. make reparations or amends for
  3. censure severely
  4. adjust for

💬 Examples

  • "Correct the mistakes"
  • "rectify the calculation"
  • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  • "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

🔗 Similar words

rectifyrightcompensateredresschastisecastigate
adjective
  1. free from error
  2. socially right or correct
  3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
  4. correct in opinion or judgment

💬 Examples

  • "especially conforming to fact or truth"
  • "the correct answer"
  • "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
  • "correct behavior"

🔗 Similar words

right
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