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correct
Part of speech: VerbTo set straight; to make right; as, to correct an error, to correct proof; punish for faults; amend.
Part of speech: AdjectiveExact; accurate; free from error; meeting a standard of morals, taste, manners, etc.
Part of speech: AdverbCorrectly.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "correct":- Well, if it's the correct thing. - "Peggy-Alone", Mary Agnes Byrne.
- I listened, but said nothing, being assured from long knowledge that his judgment would correct the influence of the emotion which did at first seem to disturb it. - "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell.
- Of Oates it is correct to say that he was more popular with the seamen than any other officer. - "South with Scott", Edward R. G. R. Evans.