correct

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kəˈɹɛkt/

Definition of correct

9 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Free from error; true; accurate.
    “Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10”
    “We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.”
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adj

  1. Free from error; true; accurate.
    “Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10”
    “We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.”
  2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

adv

  1. Correctly.
    “Hope I spelt your name correct.”

intj

  1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

noun

  1. A correct response.
    “Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]”

verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
    “The navigator corrected the course of the ship.”
    “Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.”
  2. (broadly, transitive)To grade (examination papers).
    “The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.”
  3. (transitive)To inform (someone) of their error.
    “It's rude to correct your parents.”
  4. (transitive)To discipline; to punish.

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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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