English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- correct in opinion or judgment
Time proved him right.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- socially right or correct
It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye.
Correct behavior.
source: WordNet 3.0
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
What's the right word for this?.
The right way to open oysters.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- make right or correct
Correct the mistakes.
Rectify the calculation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make reparations or amends for
Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.
source: WordNet 3.0
- censure severely
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks.
source: WordNet 3.0
- adjust for
Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently.
source: WordNet 3.0
- go down in value
The stock market corrected.
Prices slumped.
source: WordNet 3.0
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Adjust the clock, please.
Correct the alignment of the front wheels.
source: WordNet 3.0
- treat a defect
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [corréct] Tuós; tamà; matwid
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [corréct] Isaayos; sawayin; parusahan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
