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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cor·rect
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere, from com- + regere to lead straight — more at right DATE 14th century 1. a. to make or set right : amend correct an error b. counteract , neutralize correct a harmful tendency c. to alter or adjust so as to bring to some standard or required condition correct a lens for spherical aberration 2. a. to punish (as a child) with a view to reforming or improving b. to point out usually for amendment the errors or faults of spent the day correcting tests Synonyms. correct , rectify , emend , remedy , redress , amend , reform , revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance redress past social injustices amend , reform , revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes amend a law reform implying drastic change plans to reform the court system and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes revise the schedule Synonym: see in addition punish .
adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English, corrected, from Latin correctus,from past participle of corrigere DATE 1668 1. conforming to an approved or conventional standard correct behavior 2. conforming to or agreeing with fact, logic, or known truth a correct response 3. conforming to a set figure enclosed the correct return postage 4. conforming to the strict requirements of a specific ideology or set of beliefs or values environmentally correct spiritually correct Synonyms. correct , accurate , exact , precise , nice , right mean conforming to fact, standard, or truth. correct usually implies freedom from fault or error correct answers socially correct dress accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care an accurate description exact stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth exact measurements precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation precise calibration nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination makes nice distinctions right is close to correct but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to fact or truth rather than mere absence of error or fault the right thing to do English Etymology correct correct (v.) mid-14c., "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from L.correctus, pp. of corrigere "to put straight, reduce to order, set right;" in transf. use, "to reform, amend," esp. of speech or writing, from com- intens. prefix + regere "to lead straight, rule" (see regal). Originally of persons; with ref. to writing, etc., attested from late 14c. The pp. adj. is recorded from mid-15c. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ correct cor·rect / kE5rekt / adjective1. accurate or true, without any mistakes SYN right
准确无误的；精确的；正确的: Do you have the correct time? 你的表走得准吗？ the correct answer 正确答案 Please check that these details are correct. 请检查这些细节是否准确无误。 'Are you in charge here?' 'That's correct.' "你是这里的负责人吗？" "是的。" Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about wine? 你对酒了解颇深,我说得对吧？ OPP incorrect ⇨ note at true 2. right and suitable, so that sth is done as it should be done 恰当的；合适的: Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down? 你知道这台机器该怎么关吗？ I think you've made the correct decision. 我认为你的决定是正确的。 ⇨ note at right 3. taking care to speak or behave in a way that follows the accepted standards or rules (举止言谈)符合公认准则的,得体的: a correct young lady 举止得体的年轻女士 He is always very correct in his speech. 他说话总是很有分寸。 OPP incorrect ⇨ see also politically correct • cor·rect·ly adv.: Have you spelled it correctly? 你把它拼写对了吗？ They reasoned, correctly, that she was away for the weekend. 他们的推断没错,她出去度周末了。 He was looking correctly grave. 他表情严肃得体。 • cor·rect·ness noun [U] : The correctness of this decision may be doubted. 此项决定是否正确值得怀疑。 ⇨ see also political correctness IDIOMS ⇨ see present adj. verb1. [VN] to make sth right or accurate, for example by changing it or removing mistakes 改正；纠正；修正: Read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find. 从头至尾看一遍你们的作业,发现的错误都要改正过来。 Their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a laser. 他们的视力用激光只要几分钟就可矫正。 They issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier. 他们发表了一份声明,更正早先声明中的错误。 2. [VN] (of a teacher 教师) to mark the mistakes in a piece of work (and sometimes give a mark / grade to the work) 批改；改: I spent all evening correcting essays. 我整个晚上都在批改论文。 3. to tell sb that they have made a mistake 指出错误: ▪ [VN] Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last year's brochure? 这不是去年的小册子吗？若是我说错了就请指出。 Yes, you're right— I stand corrected (= I accept that I made a mistake). 是的,你说得对。承蒙你指正。 ▪ [VN speech] 'It's Yates, not Wates,' she corrected him. "那是 Yates 而不是 Wates。"她纠正他道。 ▪ [also V speech] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English correct adj. VERBS be, prove, seem His first idea proved correct. ADV. absolutely, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite What you say is perfectly correct, but it gives the wrong impression. | not entirely, not strictly He is not entirely correct in his assumptions. | basically, broadly, essentially, fundamentally, largely, more or less, substantially His estimate has turned out to be more or less correct. | clearly, undoubtedly | demonstrably None of the explanations offered is demonstrably correct?or demonstrably incorrect. | ideologically, politically (sometimes disapproving) (= avoiding language or behaviour that may offend some groups of people) He was an interesting speaker, if not always politically correct in his views. | legally, technically | morally | anatomically, botanically, factually, grammatically The flower drawings are all to scale and botanically correct. PREP. in The diagram is correct in every detail. I think I am correct in saying that this project is the first of its kind in this country. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: verb 1 to set right something that is wrong FF1C;correct a misstatementFF1E; Synonyms: amend, emend, mend, rectify, right Related Words: ameliorate, better, improve; redress, remedy, revise; make over, reform; adjust, fix, regulate Contrasted Words: damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil 2 Synonyms: PUNISH 1, castigate, chasten, chastise, discipline Contrasted Words: baby, coddle, cosset, humor, indulge, pamper, spoil adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: DECOROUS 1, becoming, comme il faut, conforming, decent, done, nice, proper, right, seemly Related Words: careful, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous 2 conforming to or agreeing with fact FF1C;the correct solution to the problemFF1E; Synonyms: accurate, exact, nice, precise, proper, right, rigorous Related Words: faithful, true, undistorted, veracious, veridical; faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect Contrasted Words: fallacious, false, wrong; defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect Antonyms: incorrect Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: politically correct , or correct in the mouth cor·rect I. \kəˈrekt, rap. ˈkre-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English correcten, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere to make straight, correct, from com- + -rigere (from regere to lead straight, guide, rule) — more at right transitive verb 1. a. : to make or set right : remove the faults or errors from : amend < correct some of the mistaken ideas about farming — C.R.Hope > < his answer was wrong and he at once corrected himself > < legislative action designed to correct existing difficulties — U.S. Code > < correct abuses in the city prison > b. : to counteract or neutralize by means of opposite qualities or tendencies — used especially of what is undesirable < the good philosopher was leaning a little in the other direction to correct the excess of my hellenizing zeal — A.N.Whitehead > c. : to alter or adjust so as to bring to some standard or required condition < correct a reading of a gas volume for temperature and pressure > < correct a lens for spherical aberration > < correct the timing in a motor > 2. a. : to rebuke or to punish or discipline for some fault or lapse (as from propriety) < the older woman corrected the man for taking liberties > b. : to point out for amendment the errors or faults of < the student had to be corrected several times during her recitation > < correct proof by indicating the changes to be made in type > < a teacher corrects examination papers > 3. obsolete : to bring order to : tame intransitive verb : to make corrections Synonyms: rectify , emend , remedy , redress , amend , reform , revise : these verbs mean, in common, to right what is wrong. One corrects something by altering what is inaccurate, untrue, or imperfect in it or about it so that it is accurate, true, or perfect, or by putting against it or substituting for it what is accurate, true, or perfect < to correct a false accusation > < to correct a wrong address on a package > < to correct a serious fault of character > < to correct spelling errors > One rectifies a mistake or an injustice or a deviation from a standard by the elimination or nullification of the mistake or injustice or by making the deviation conform to the standard < an incredible, disgraceful blunder, which should be rectified at the earliest possible moment — New Republic > < to have exploited, rather than tried to rectify … misunderstandings — Times Literary Supplement > < set himself to rectify the spiritual and physical poverty of his people — Green Peyton > One emends by freeing from error or defect, especially a statement that misrepresents a speaker's intention or a piece of writing that contains doubtful readings < to emend a financial report hastily and inaccurately compiled > < to emend a transcription of an ancient religious scroll > One remedies a cause of trouble, harm, or evil by rendering it innocuous or substituting for it what is good, right, or helpful < the crime can never be remedied, it can only be expiated — C.D.Lewis > < done much to remedy the confusion — American Guide Series: Vermont > < must remedy their deficiencies — Loyola University Bulletin > One redresses an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance sometimes by elimination of it but usually by making a reparation or providing compensation < trying to redress the serious dislocations resulting from … bad policies — E.B.George > < to redress the imbalance in American politics — M.W.Straight > < the wrongs that were to be righted, the grievances to be redressed, the abuses to be done away with — Malcolm Muggeridge > < the redress of certain social inequities — W.R.Inge > One amends something by making such corrections or alterations as will better it < to amend her life > < the work once done he could not or would not amend it — W.B.Yeats > < to amend local traffic regulations > One reforms something by making drastic alterations for the better, usually so that it acquires a new form or character < to reform an inefficient administrative system > < reformed the rules of procedure of the mayor's court — M.L.Bonham > < to reform sloppy habits of study > One revises something when he makes changes that presumably improve it without drastically altering the character of the whole, usually after looking it over carefully < to revise a manuscript story > < to revise his opinions > < to revise a business organization > Synonym: see in addition punish .II. adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, corrected, from Latin correctus 1. : adhering or conforming to an approved or conventional standard: as a. of literary or artistic style : conforming to recognized conventions or an established mode < a correct Palladian portico > b. : suiting or conforming to conventionally recognized principles of thought, behavior, or taste < the correct tip is sixpence — Richard Joseph > < Soviet criticism … tried to rule on the attitude of the author as correct or incorrect — Edmund Wilson > c. : scrupulously in accord with social proprieties < rebuffed or evaded with dry correct civilities — John Hurkan > : placing high value on propriety < a careful and correct young man > d. of speech or writing : conforming to the generally accepted rules of grammar or to what is regarded as the best usage 2. a. : conforming to or agreeing with fact : accurate < have a correct answer to the problem > : conforming to logical or proven principles or agreeing with known truth < it would be correct to call it the best possible treaty > < the correct way to hold the tool > b. of a copy or reproduction : free from errors : identical in relevant characteristics : exact 3. : conforming to or agreeing with a set figure (as the price established for an article of merchandise) < sent the correct return postage > Synonyms: accurate , exact , precise , nice , right : correct means hardly more than freedom from fault or error, often as judged by some conventional or acknowledged standard < it is our custom at Shangri-La to be moderately truthful, and I can assure you that my statements about the porters were almost correct — James Hilton > < the more correct social circles of Boston and Cambridge — Florence H. Bullock > accurate implies positive and careful fidelity to fact or truth < the phrases are good enough for statesmen, who identify order with orders and creation with regulations, but the poet-writer must be more accurate than that — E.M.Forster > < a solecism of this kind … would have seemed a shocking thing to … so accurate a scholar — L.P.Smith > exact , sometimes interchangeable with precise , generally emphasizes the strictness of the agreement or conformity with fact, standard, or truth < not less than a hundred and thirty feet surely … a hundred and twenty-eight, to be exact — Dorothy Sayers > < sciences are not vague. On the contrary they are exact. They are based on fact, proven fact — T.B.Costain > precise carries the idea of sharpness of definition or delimitation or scrupulous exactness < I saw the outside of the note, addressed in straggling, irregular characters, very unlike Holmes' usual precise hand — A.C.Doyle > < only an endlessly patient, careful, laborious, precise investigator could set up the new revolutionary conceptions needed to replace these traditions and preconceptions — Havelock Ellis > nice , in the sense pertinent here, implies great, sometimes excessive, precision or delicacy as in discrimination of terms, or the adjustment of interrelated parts < the small provincial gentry of the West, as drawn by Miss Austen … are nice in their gentility almost to a fault — G.M.Trevelyan > < it was a time of revolution, when nice legal distinctions are meaningless — John Buchan > < the detail of the cornices, the delicate fanlight and nice disposition of carved ornament on the white exterior — American Guide Series: Vermont > right , very close in meaning to correct , has a more positive suggestion, often implying more than mere avoidance of error < the right practice of “art for art's sake” was the devotion of Flaubert or Henry James — T.S.Eliot > < where water from wells has just that right degree of permanent hardness to favor brewing — L.D.Stamp > • - correct in the mouth |
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