cor·rect /kəˈrɛkt/
1. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
synset: correct, rectify, right
2. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
synset: right, compensate, redress, correct
3. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
synset: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
4. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
synset: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make_up, even_out, even_off, even_up
5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
synset: discipline, correct, sort_out
6. go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
synset: decline, slump, correct
7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
8. treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
synset: correct
1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
4. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
2. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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