correct adj
1: 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" [syn: right] [ant: incorrect, incorrect]
2: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: right]
3: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: right]
4: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: right] [ant: wrong]
correct
(verb)
1: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: rectify, right] [ant: falsify]
2: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress] [ant: wrong]
3: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten]
4: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, even out, even off, even up]
5: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, sort out]
6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" [syn: decline, slump]
7: 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]
8: treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"