correct

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈrɛkt/ UK /kəˈɹɛkt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like collect /l/ vs /r/

Freq #1404

Meanings

1

adj
Right; free from mistakes.

Your test was completely correct, so you get 10 out of 10.
2

verb
To make something right by removing mistakes.

You'll need to correct your posture if you want to be a dancer.
3

verb
To mark and grade students' work.

The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
4

adv
In a way that is right or accurate.

I hope I spelt your name correct.

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Synonyms

1 adj · right; free from mistakes. right accurate

2 verb · to make something right by... fix amend rectify

Word family

Forms correctedcorrectingcorrectsuncorrected

Derived forms autocorrectconst-correctcorrectamundocorrectifycorrectitudecorrectly correctnesscorrighthypercorrecthypocorrectincorrectnoncorrect

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Simplified etymology

Correct comes from Latin corrigere, meaning “make straight” or “amend.” Its modern senses developed from the idea of putting something right or straight.

Etymology

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

*h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European correct French correctus Latin

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# correct

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb, adv
**IPA (US):** /kəˈrɛkt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈɹɛkt/
**Frequency rank:** 1404

## Meanings
1. Right; free from mistakes.
2. To make something right by removing mistakes.
3. To mark and grade students' work.
4. In a way that is right or accurate.

## Examples
- Your test was completely correct, so you get 10 out of 10.
- You'll need to correct your posture if you want to be a dancer.
- The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
- I hope I spelt your name correct.

## Derived Forms
- autocorrect
- const-correct
- correctamundo
- correctify
- correctitude
- correctly
- correctness
- corright
- hypercorrect
- hypocorrect
- incorrect
- noncorrect

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₃reǵ-
- Root: correct
- Root: correctus

## Etymology
Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

## AI Etymology
correct was borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, French correct, Latin correctus. Current senses include Right; free from mistakes and to make something right by removing mistakes. English relatives and later formations include autocorrect, const-correct, correctamundo.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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