correct

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɛkt/
• Hyphenation: cor‧rect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

Adjective

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; accurate.

   Synonym: right

   Antonyms: incorrect, inaccurate, wrong

2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

   Synonyms: well-mannered, well-behaved

   Antonym: uncouth

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

correct

1. Correctly.

Interjection

correct

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonym: OK

Noun

correct (plural corrects)

1. A correct response.

Etymology 2

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

Verb

correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
2. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).

3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.

4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “correct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “correct”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “correct”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correct, from Latin corrēctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɛkt/
• Hyphenation: cor‧rect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Adjective

correct (comparative correcter, superlative correctst)

1. correct

Declension

Synonyms

• juist

Derived terms

• correctheid
• incorrect

Descendants

• → Indonesian: korèk
• → Papiamentu: korèkt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛkt/, /ko.ʁɛkt/
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛk/

Adjective

correct (feminine correcte, masculine plural corrects, feminine plural correctes)

1. correct, right

   Votre réponse est correcte. ― Your answer is correct.

2. (colloquial) passable, okay

   Le restaurant auquel nous sommes allés était correct, sans plus. ― The restaurant we went to was okay, but nothing more.

3. (Quebec, colloquial) OK, fine, alright

   J'suis tellement désolé! T'es correct? ― I'm so sorry! You OK?

   Ouais, c'est correct. ― Yeah, it's fine.

Derived terms

• correctement
• politiquement correct

Related terms

• correctif
• correction
• corriger
• incorrect
• incorrectement

Further reading

• “correct”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.