correct
IPA: kɝˈɛkt
noun
- A correct response.
verb
- (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
- (transitive) To discipline; to punish.
adjective
- Free from error; true; accurate; astute.
- With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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Examples of "correct" in Sentences
- Punctuation is correct in the poem.
- The closure of the debate was correct.
- Is the presentation of the reference correct
- The change made by the anon is factually correct.
- The corrective action was a change to the dampers.
- It presupposes the 'viewpoint' of the proponents of change are correct.
- Circle the correct consonant digraph. Circle the correct consonant digraph.
- The right upper lobe bronchus and right middle lobe bronchus are not correct.
- The article is already in the correct categories with the appropriate sorting.
- Where the page is right now is the scientifically correct term for the process.
- Look for the paper "National Security Policy of the United States", if I have the term correct in memory.
- I say chaps, if you are going to write about a book you should at least get the title correct: it is, 'heaven + earth'.
- I was off sick on Wednesday and went to the doctor, who told me I have -- let me get the term correct -- "bullous myringit, is."
- Of course, "Survivor: Panama Exile Island" -- let me get the title correct -- is going to make its premier tomorrow night on CBS.
- The reason I still generally use WP's search function is the fact that it will take you directly to the article if you get the title correct, and to the results otherwise; quite useful in conjunction with smart keywords, where I can type wp Penguin to get directly at that article.
- _substantially_ correct, she neither declared nor implied that they were not taught in a manner absolutely correct, but ... as all who believe that they are set forth in a manner _absolutely correct_, believe, necessarily, that they are taught in a manner _substantially_ correct; for that which is absolute embraces that which is substantial and something more; she simply makes an affirmation, so far as two classes