correct

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more correct
Superlative
most correct
  1. 1.

    Free from error; true; accurate.

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

    We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.

    Đồng nghĩa: faithful, right

  2. 2.

    With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

    Đồng nghĩa: well-behaved, well-mannered, civil, civilized, complaisant, correct, courteous, cultivated, fair-mannered, genteel, mannerly, polished, polite, politic, reasonable, refined, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred

Trạng từ

adverb
  1. 1.

    Correctly.

    Hope I spelt your name correct.

interjection

interjection
  1. 1.

    Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

    Đồng nghĩa: OK

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
corrects
  1. 1.

    A correct response.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
corrects
V_ing/Gerund
correcting
V_ed/pp
correctedno-table-tags
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.

    You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.

    The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

    Đồng nghĩa: amend, rectify, amend, correct, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights, rectify, recondition, reform, refurbish, remediate, remedy, renew, renovate, restore, restrive, revamp, right

  2. 2.

    (broadly, transitive)(by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).

    The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To inform (someone) of their error.

    It's rude to correct your parents.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To discipline; to punish.

    Đồng nghĩa: chasten, gruel, amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide, give it to someone, give someone what for, give what for, gruel, malavogue, nail someone to the wall, penalize, penance, punish, tan someone's hide, tar out, teach someone a lesson

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ine-pro 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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