Correct I Kəˈrekt Check Details Adjective Time Answer

• do you have the correct time?
• the correct answer
• when asked to pick the correct meaning from four alternatives, students consistently chose the correct one.
• please check that these details are correct.

correct

1. accurate or true, without any mistakes
• SYNONYM right
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/right_2
• Do you have the correct time?
• the correct answer
• When asked to pick the correct meaning from four alternatives, students consistently chose the correct one.
• Please check that these details are correct.
• ‘Are you in charge here?’ ‘That's correct.’
• As always, your grandmother is absolutely correct.
• They were correct in their assessment of the situation.
• Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about wine?
• It is correct to say that Camus's philosophy can be divided into two periods.
• It is correct that there are some similarities between the two cases.

Extra Examples

• His estimate has turned out to be more or less correct.
• His first idea proved correct.
• I think I am correct in saying that this project is the first of its kind in this country.
• None of the explanations offered is demonstrably correct—or demonstrably incorrect.
• The diagram is correct in every detail.
• The flower drawings are all to scale and botanically correct.
• The sentence is grammatically correct, but not very idiomatic.
• What you say is perfectly correct, but it gives the wrong impression.
• Am I correct in thinking that you know a lot about wine?
• Check that all the details are correct.
• I don't think she's correct to say he's incompetent.
• Only one of the answers is correct.
• They say that he was against women getting the vote, but that's not entirely correct.
2. right and suitable, so that something is done as it should be done
• the correct procedure/approach
• Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down?
• I think you've made the correct decision.
3. taking care to speak or behave in a way that follows the accepted standards or rules
• OPPOSITE incorrect
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/incorrect
• a correct young lady
• He is always very correct in his speech.
4. used to say that all the things or people who should be there are now there

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a verb): from Latin correct- ‘made straight, amended’, from the verb corrigere, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’. The adjective is via French.