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  • 31correct — adj. true 1) correct in (you are correct in thinking that he is foolish) 2) correct to + inf. (it would be correct to say that we have committed a blunder) 3) correct that + clause (is it correct that he has resigned?) * * * [kə rekt] correct… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 32correct — 1 adjective 1 without any mistakes: I m not sure of the correct spelling. | Make sure you replace the parts in the correct order. 2 suitable and right for a particular situation: What s the correct procedure in cases like this? | When lifting… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33correct*/*/*/ — [kəˈrekt] adj I 1) right according to the facts or rules Ant: incorrect The first person to give the correct answer wins the contest.[/ex] If my calculations are correct, we should arrive in exactly 17 minutes.[/ex] a grammatically correct… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 34correct — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Correct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bias, ↑defect, ↑deficiency, ↑deficit, ↑deformity, ↑distortion, ↑error, ↑fault, ↑flaw, ↑grammar, ↑imbalance, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 35correct — correctable, correctible, adj. correctability, correctibility, n. correctingly, adv. correctly, adv. correctness, n. corrector, n. /keuh rekt /, v.t. 1. to se …

    Universalium

  • 36correct — cor•rect [[t]kəˈrɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to set or make right; remove the errors or faults from 2) to point out or mark the errors in: to correct examination papers[/ex] 3) to rebuke or punish in order to improve: Don t correct your child in… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37CORRECT — ECTE. adj. Où il n y a point de fautes. Il se dit surtout De l écriture, de l impression, et du langage. Écriture correcte. Copie correcte. Écrire d une manière correcte. Cette édition est fort correcte. Cette page n est pas correcte. Son langage …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 38CORRECT, ECTE — adj. Où il n’y a point de fautes. Il se dit surtout du Style, de l’expression et du langage. Copie correcte. écrire d’une manière correcte. Cette édition est fort correcte. Cette phrase est correcte, n’est pas correcte. Par extension, Un écrivain …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 39correct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. improve, rectify, [set] right, remedy, repair, amend, reform, better; edit, mark; reprove, punish, chastise, discipline; counteract, neutralize. See improvement, punishment. adj. right, regular,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 40correct —    1. in line with received opinion or enforced dogma    As in politically correct and not referring to a general adherence to high moral standards.    What is correct depends on who is writing the rule book, including the Nazis or the Russian… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms