correct

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɛkt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: cor‧rect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Etymology 1

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”).

Adjective

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; accurate.

   Synonyms: right, faithful

   Antonyms: incorrect, inaccurate, wrong

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

   We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.

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

   Synonyms: well-mannered, well-behaved

   Antonym: uncouth

Derived terms

Terms derived from correct (adjective)

• all correct
• anatomically correct
• autocorrect
• come correct
• conservatively correct
• const-correct
• correctamundo
• correctify
• correctitude
• correctly
• correctness
• corright
• hypercorrect
• hypocorrect
• incorrect
• k'rect card
• noncorrect
• patriotically correct
• politically correct
• pseudocorrect
• recorrect
• uncorrect

Translations

free from error

Afrikaans: reg Ainu: ピㇼカ (pirka) American Sign Language: 1@RadialHand-FingerForwardAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerForwardAcross Arabic: صَحِيح (ar) (ṣaḥīḥ), صَوَاب (ṣawāb) Egyptian Arabic: صَح (ṣaḥ) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܬܪܨ (traṣ) Armenian: ճիշտ (hy) (čišt) Assamese: শুধ (xudho), শুদ্ধ (xuddho) Asturian: correutu Azerbaijani: doğru (az) Bashkir: дөрөҫ (döröś) Belarusian: праві́льны (pravílʹny) Breton: reizh (br) Bulgarian: ве́рен (bg) (véren), пра́вилен (bg) (právilen) Burmese: မှန် (my) (hman) Catalan: correcte (ca), condret (ca) Chamicuro: nanatolo Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ (duyugodvi) Chinese: Eastern Min: 正確 / 正确 (ciáng-káuk) Mandarin: 正確 / 正确 (zh) (zhèngquè), 對 / 对 (zh) (duì) Czech: správný (cs) Danish: korrekt (da), rigtig (da) Dutch: correct (nl), juist (nl) Erzya: виде (vide) Esperanto: ĝusta, prava (eo) Estonian: õige (et) Faroese: rættur (fo) Finnish: oikea (fi), oikeellinen (fi) French: correct (fr) Galician: correcto (gl) Georgian: სწორი (sc̣ori), უშეცდომო (ušecdomo), ზუსტი (zusṭi) German: korrekt (de), richtig (de), einwandfrei (de) Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 (sunjis), 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts) Greek: σωστός (el) (sostós) Ancient: ὀρθός (orthós) Hawaiian: pololei Hebrew: נָכוֹן (he) (nakhon), נְכוֹנָה f (nekhona) Hindi: सही (hi) (sahī), ठीक (hi) (ṭhīk) Hungarian: hibátlan (hu), helyes (hu) Icelandic: rétt Indonesian: tepat (id) Ingrian: vernoi Irish: beacht Isan: please add this translation if you can Italian: corretto (it), esatto (it) Japanese: 正しい (ja) (ただしい, tadashii), 正解 (ja) (せいかい, seikai) Kaitag: дуж (duž) Kazakh: дұрыс (dūrys) Khmer: ត្រឹមត្រូវ (trəm trəv) Korean: 옳다 (ko) (olta), 맞다 (ko) (matda), 바르다 (ko) (bareuda), 정확하다 (ko) (jeonghwakhada) Kyrgyz: туура (ky) (tuura), түз (ky) (tüz), дурус (ky) (durus) Lao: ແກ້ (lo) (kǣ), ຖືກ (thư̄k) Latin: correctus Latvian: pareizs Lithuanian: teisingas Lü: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: правилен (pravilen), верен (veren) Malay: benar, betul (ms) Maori: tika (mi) Miyako: マツム (matumu) Moksha: виде (vide) Norwegian: riktig (no) Nǀuu: ǂhuu, ǂhu Occitan: corrècte (oc), condrech (oc) Old English: riht Ottoman Turkish: طوغری (doğrı), راست (râst) Pashto: ټيک (ps) Persian: درست (fa) (dorost) Plautdietsch: rajcht Polish: prawidłowy (pl), właściwy (pl), poprawny (pl) Portuguese: correto (pt), certo (pt) Quechua: chanin Rapa Nui: titika Romanian: corect (ro) Russian: пра́вильный (ru) (právilʹnyj), ве́рный (ru) (vérnyj), корре́ктный (ru) (korréktnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: исправан Roman: ispravan (sh) Shan: please add this translation if you can Slovak: správny Slovene: pravilen Spanish: correcto (es) Sundanese: leres Swedish: korrekt (sv), riktig (sv), rätt (sv), felfri (sv) Tagalog: tama Tajik: дуруст (tg) (durust) Tetum: loos Thai: ถูก (th) (tùuk) Turkish: doğru (tr) Turkmen: dogry, dürs Ukrainian: пра́вильний (uk) (právylʹnyj), коре́ктний (koréktnyj) Urdu: صحیح (sahīh), ٹھیک (ur) (ṭhīk) Uzbek: toʻgʻri (uz) Vietnamese: đúng (vi) Volapük: verätik (vo) Welsh: cywir (cy) Yiddish: ריכטיק (rikhtik) Zealandic: juust, sjuust, goed Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

with good manners

Armenian: կոռեկտ (hy) (koṙekt) Bulgarian: възпи́тан (vǎzpítan), коре́ктен (bg) (korékten) Czech: slušný (cs), korektní Dutch: correct (nl), welgemanierd (nl), welopgevoed (nl), goedgemanierd Finnish: korrekti (fi), asiallinen (fi) Galician: correcto (gl) German: einwandfrei (de), ordnungsgemäß (de), zutreffend (de) Greek: σωστός (el) (sostós) Hungarian: illő (hu), korrekt (hu) Italian: corretto (it), ineccepibile (it) Maori: tika (mi) Portuguese: comportado (pt), educado (pt) Romanian: corect (ro) Russian: воспи́танный (ru) (vospítannyj), корре́ктный (ru) (korréktnyj) Swedish: korrekt (sv) Tagalog: wasto Ukrainian: ви́хований (výxovanyj), ґре́чний (uk) (gréčnyj), коре́ктний (koréktnyj)

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Ido: (please verify) korekta (io) Slovak: (please verify) správny Slovene: (please verify) pravilni

Adverb

correct

1. Correctly.

   Hope I spelt your name correct.

Interjection

correct

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonym: OK

Noun

correct (plural corrects)

1. A correct response.
   • 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:

     Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]

Etymology 2

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

Verb

correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)

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.

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:

     Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.

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

   The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

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

   It's rude to correct your parents.

4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of correct

infinitive	(to) correct
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	correct	corrected
2nd-person singular	correct, correctest†	corrected, correctedst†
3rd-person singular	corrects, correcteth†	corrected
plural	correct
subjunctive	correct	corrected
imperative	correct	—
participles	correcting	corrected

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

Terms derived from correct (verb)

• correctability
• correctable
• correctedness
• correcting fluid
• correctingly
• correction
• correct me if I'm wrong
• corrector
• correctory
• correctrix
• course-correct
• error correct
• geocorrect
• hypocorrect
• incorrected
• miscorrect
• noncorrected
• noncorrecting
• overcorrect
• politically correct
• precorrect
• self-correct
• self-correcting
• uncorrectable
• uncorrected
• undercorrect

Translations

to make something become right that was previously wrong

Arabic: صَحَّحَ (ṣaḥḥaḥa) Armenian: ուղղել (hy) (uġġel) Azerbaijani: düzəltmək (az), islah etmək Basque: zuzendu Bulgarian: поправям (bg) (popravjam), кориги́рам (bg) (korigíram) Catalan: corregir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 修正 (zh) (xiūzhèng), 改正 (zh) (gǎizhèng), 糾正 / 纠正 (zh) (jiūzhèng) Czech: opravit (cs) Dutch: corrigeren (nl), verbeteren (nl) Esperanto: korekti Faroese: rætta Finnish: korjata (fi), oikaista (fi) French: corriger (fr) Galician: correxir Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: ausbessern (de), korrigieren (de), richtigstellen (de), berichtigen (de), nachregeln Tech. Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaihtjan) Greek: διορθώνω (el) (diorthóno) Hebrew: תיקן (he) (tikén) Hindi: सही करना (sahī karnā) Hungarian: kijavít (hu), helyesbít (hu), korrigál (hu) Icelandic: leiðrétta (is) Irish: beachtaigh, ceartaigh Italian: correggere (it), emendare (it), rettificare (it) Japanese: 正す (ja) (tadasu), 直す (ja) (naosu), 修正する (ja) (shūsei-suru), 是正する (ja) (zesei-suru), 訂正する (ja) (teisei-suru) Khmer: កែ (km) (kae) Korean: 교정하다 (ko) (gyojeonghada) Ladino: korijar Latin: corrigō, ēmendō (la) Malay: benarkan, betulkan Maori: tītere (someone's speech), whakatika Mongolian: засах (mn) (zasax) Old English: ġerihtan Oromo: sirreessuu Ottoman Turkish: طوغریلامق (doğrulamak) Polish: poprawiać (pl) impf, poprawić (pl) pf Portuguese: corrigir (pt) Quechua: allichiy Romanian: corecta (ro) Russian: исправля́ть (ru) impf (ispravljátʹ), испра́вить (ru) pf (isprávitʹ), корректи́ровать (ru) (korrektírovatʹ) Scottish Gaelic: cuir ceart, (e.g. teacher) comharraich Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: поправити Roman: popraviti (sh) Slovak: opraviť Slovene: popraviti Southern Altai: тӱзедер (tüzeder) Spanish: corregir (es) Swedish: rätta (sv), korrigera (sv) Thai: แก้ไข (th) (gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi) Tibetan: ནོར་བཅོས་བྱེད (nor bcos byed), དག་བཅོས་བྱེད (dag bcos byed) Turkish: düzeltmek (tr) Ukrainian: виправля́ти (vypravljáty), ви́правити pf (výpravyty), коригува́ти impf (koryhuváty), скоригува́ти pf (skoryhuváty) Vietnamese: sửa (vi), chữa (vi), sửa chữa (vi) Walloon: coridjî (wa), ricoridjî (wa) Welsh: cywiro (cy)

to inform someone of their error

Italian: correggere (it), precisare (it), puntualizzare (it) Maori: tītere Old English: þrafian Ottoman Turkish: طوغریلامق (doğrulamak) Tibetan: སྐྱོན་སེལ་ཞུ (skyon sel zhu)

Further reading

• “correct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “correct”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “correct”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correct, from Latin corrēctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɛkt/

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• Hyphenation: cor‧rect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Adjective

correct (comparative correcter, superlative correctst)

1. correct

Declension

Declension of correct
uninflected	correct
inflected	correcte
comparative	correcter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		correct	correcter	het correctst het correctste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	correcte	correctere	correctste
	n. sing.	correct	correcter	correctste
	plural	correcte	correctere	correctste
definite		correcte	correctere	correctste
partitive		corrects	correcters	—

Synonyms

• juist

Derived terms

• correctheid
• incorrect

Descendants

• → Indonesian: korèk
• → Papiamentu: korèkt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛkt/, /ko.ʁɛkt/
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛk/

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Adjective

correct (feminine correcte, masculine plural corrects, feminine plural correctes)

1. correct, right

   Votre réponse est correcte. ― Your answer is correct.

2. (colloquial) passable, okay

   Le restaurant auquel nous sommes allés était correct, sans plus. ― The restaurant we went to was okay, but nothing more.

3. (Quebec, colloquial) OK, fine, alright

   J'suis tellement désolé! T'es correct? ― I'm so sorry! You OK?

   Ouais, c'est correct. ― Yeah, it's fine.

Derived terms

• correctement
• politiquement correct

Related terms

• correctif
• correction
• corriger
• incorrect
• incorrectement

Further reading

• “correct”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.