| VERB | change | correct, rectify, right | make right or correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | correct, right, compensate, redress | make reparations or amends for | |
| communication | correct, chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten | censure severely | |
| stative | correct, compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up | adjust for | |
| social | correct, discipline, sort out | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | |
| motion | correct, decline, slump | go down in value | |
| change | correct, adjust, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | |
| body | correct | treat a defect | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | correct, right | free from error |
| all | correct, right | socially right or correct | |
| all | correct, right | in accord / accord with accepted standards of usage / usage or procedure | |
| all | correct, right | correct in opinion or judgment |
| Sounds | kereh'kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
| |
| Synonym | right | |
| Attribute of | correctness, rightness | conformity to fact or truth |
| Narrower | accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations / representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth |
| letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail | |
| straight | Following a correct or logical method | |
| See also | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness | |
| true | consistent with fact or reality | |
| Opposite | incorrect, wrong | not correct |
| Spanish | acertado, correcto, justo | |
| Catalan | correcte, encertat | |
| Nouns | correctness | conformity to fact or truth |
| Meaning | socially right or correct. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "correct behavior" | |
| Synonym | right | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | bueno, correcto | |
| Catalan | bo, correcte | |
| Nouns | correctness | the quality of conformity to social expectations |
| Meaning | In accord / accord with accepted standards of usage / usage or procedure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | right | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | correcto | |
| Catalan | correcte | |
| Nouns | correctness | the quality of conformity to social expectations |
| Meaning | correct in opinion or judgment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | right | |
| Narrower | right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right |
| Opposite | wrong | Based on or acting or judging in error |
| Spanish | acertado, correcto | |
| Catalan | correcte, encertat | |
| Nouns | correctness | the quality of conformity to social expectations |
| Meaning | make right or correct. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Correct the mistakes" | |
| Synonyms | rectify, right | |
| Narrower | debug | Locate and correct errors in a computer program code |
| rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend | Set straight or right | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Opposite | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| Spanish | corregir, rectificar | |
| Catalan | corregir | |
| Nouns | correction | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| Meaning | make reparations or amends for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | right, compensate, redress | |
| Narrower | expiate, aby, abye, atone | make amends for |
| over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | wrong | treat unjustly |
| Spanish | compensar, corregir, desagraviar, enmendar | |
| Catalan | compensar, corregir, redreçar | |
| Meaning | censure severely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten | |
| Narrower | flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium |
| Broader | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily |
| Spanish | castigar, corregir, criticar, increpar, rectificar, reñir, reprender | |
| Catalan | castigar, increpar, punir | |
| Adjectives | corrective | designed to promote discipline |
| Meaning | Adjust for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" | |
| Synonyms | compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up | |
| Narrower | carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance |
| cover, compensate, overcompensate | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
| Spanish | compensar, contrapesar, corregir | |
| Catalan | contrapesar | |
| Adjectives | corrective | tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition |
| Meaning | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | discipline, sort out | |
| Broader | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
| Spanish | disciplinar | |
| Adjectives | corrective | designed to promote discipline |
| corrigible | capable of being corrected or set right | |
| Nouns | correction | the act of punishing |
| Meaning | go down in value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the stock market corrected" | |
| Synonyms | decline, slump | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Meaning | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "correct the alignment of the front wheels" | |
| Synonyms | adjust, set | |
| Narrower | align, ordinate, coordinate | Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation |
| attune | Adjust or accustom to | |
| calibrate, graduate, fine-tune | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | |
| citify | accustom to urban ways / ways | |
| depressurize, depressurise, decompress | decrease the pressure of | |
| focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen | put (an image) into focus | |
| harmonize, harmonise, reconcile | Bring into consonance or accord | |
| justify | Adjust the spaces between words | |
| linearize, linearise | make linear or get into a linear form | |
| match, fit | make correspond or harmonize | |
| modulate | Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | |
| plumb | adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical | |
| pressurize, pressurise | increase the pressure in or of | |
| proportion | Adjust in size relative to other things | |
| readjust, reset | Adjust again after an initial failure | |
| regulate, modulate | Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of | |
| set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly | |
| synchronize, synchronise, sync | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | |
| temper | Adjust the pitch (of pianos) | |
| time | regulate or set the time of | |
| time | Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | |
| trim | Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | |
| tune, tune up | Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) | |
| tune, tune up | Adjust for (better) functioning | |
| zero, zero in | Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) | |
| zero | Adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | ajustar, colocar, corregir | |
| Catalan | ajustar, corregir, posar bé | |
| Adjectives | corrective | tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition |
| Meaning | treat a defect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" | |
| Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
| Spanish | corregir | |
| Catalan | corregir | |
| Adjectives | corrective | tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots