correct
Free from error; true; accurate.
Adjective 2 meanings
Free from error; true; accurate.
“Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10”
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Adverb 1 meaning
Correctly.
“Hope I spelt your name correct.”
Interjection 1 meaning
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Noun 1 meaning
A correct response.
Verb 4 meanings
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
“You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.”
To grade (examination papers).
“The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.”
To inform (someone) of their error.
“It's rude to correct your parents.”
To discipline; to punish.
Etymology
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”).
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CORRECT at a glance
CORRECT has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + R 1 + R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,643 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with correct
All rhymesOne letter away
- PORRECT11
- CARRECT11
- COERECT11
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