correct

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Right; free from mistakes.

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

2. 2
   verb

   To make something right by removing mistakes.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To mark and grade students' work.

   The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

4. 4
   adv

   In a way that is right or accurate.

   I hope I spelt your name correct.

Common collocations

• correct answer Adjective + noun
• correct a mistake Verb + noun
• correct a fault Verb + noun

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”).

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