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Meaning of correct

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  correct
      adj 1: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
             "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right
             answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
             [syn: {correct}, {right}] [ant: {incorrect}, {wrong}]
      2: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party
         without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {correct},
         {right}]
      3: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
         "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
         oysters" [syn: {correct}, {right}]
      4: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn:
         {right}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
      v 1: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
           calculation" [syn: {correct}, {rectify}, {right}] [ant:
           {falsify}]
      2: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
         victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {compensate},
         {redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
      3: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
         remarks" [syn: {chastise}, {castigate}, {objurgate},
         {chasten}, {correct}]
      4: adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or
         air resistance" [syn: {compensate}, {counterbalance},
         {correct}, {make up}, {even out}, {even off}, {even up}]
      5: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The
         teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn:
         {discipline}, {correct}, {sort out}]
      6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
         slumped" [syn: {decline}, {slump}, {correct}]
      7: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a
         standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment
         of the front wheels" [syn: {adjust}, {set}, {correct}]
      8: treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his
         myopia"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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