## 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.

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