Correct (Verb)
Meaning 1
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Sharpen
- Ordinate
- Temper
- Depressurise
- Proportion
- Tune
- Harmonize
- Regulate
- Calibrate
- Linearize
- Set
- Depressurize
- Zero In
- Zero
- Tune Up
- Focus
- Focalize
- Time
- Fit
- Harmonise
- Attune
- Justify
- Pressurize
- Graduate
- Plumb
- Linearise
- Readjust
- Synchronize
- Align
- Synchronise
- Modulate
- Citify
- Reset
- Pressurise
- Match
- Trim
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Meaning 2
Go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 4
Make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Jaw
- Have Words
- Call On The Carpet
- Lecture
- Call Down
- Chide
- Dress Down
- Lambaste
- Chew Out
- Rebuke
- Rag
- Bawl Out
- Chew Up
- Scold
- Berate
- Lambast
- Take To Task
- Reprimand
- Remonstrate
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Meaning 6
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 7
Treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 8
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.