Definition of Correct

Verb: correct ku'rekt

Make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes";
- rectify, right
Make reparations or amends for
"correct a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust";
- right, compensate, redress
Censure severely
"She corrected him for his insensitive remarks";
- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
Adjust for
"engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance";
- compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher corrected the pupils rather frequently";
- discipline, sort out
Go down in value
"the stock market corrected";
- decline, slump
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"correct the alignment of the front wheels";
- adjust, set
Treat a defect
"The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

Adjective: correct ku'rekt

Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct version";
- right
Socially appropriate or approved
"correct behaviour";
- right, done [Brit]
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
"what's the correct word for this?";
- right
Having truthful opinions or making the right judgment
"time proved him correct";
- right