correct

About 51.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Free from error; true; accurate.

   Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10

2. adjective With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
3. adverb Correctly.

   Hope I spelt your name correct.

4. interjection Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
5. noun A correct response.
6. verb 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.

7. verb To grade (examination papers).

   The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

8. verb To inform (someone) of their error.

   It's rude to correct your parents.

Similar words

straight right chasten objurgate chastize accurate precise chastise castigate discipline

Often followed by

the in answer and to for or one it

Word family

correctable corrected correcter correctest correcting correctly correctness correctnesses corrector correctors