correct

adjective

1. 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. 2

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

adverb

1. 1

   Correctly.

   Hope I spelt your name correct.

interjection

1. 1

   Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

noun

1. 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. 1

   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. 2

   To grade (examination papers).

   The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

3. 3

   To inform (someone) of their error.

   It's rude to correct your parents.

4. 4

   To discipline; to punish.

Forms

plural

corrects

comparative

more correct

superlative

most correct

past tense

corrected

past participle

corrected

present participle

correcting

third person singular

corrects