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• adjective
Free from error; in accordance with fact or truth.
"Please verify that we have the correct mailing address before sending the package."
Conforming to acknowledged standards of social behavior, manners, or convention; proper.
"She was careful to maintain the correct diplomatic protocol throughout the state dinner."
• verb
To put right an error, fault, or malfunction; to make accurate.
"The software engineer worked late to correct the glitch in the database."
To mark the errors in an examination paper, essay, or academic assignment.
"The professor spent the afternoon in her office to correct the midterm exams."
To point out or admonish a mistake or fault in a person's speech or behavior.
"He gently intervened to correct the speaker's mispronunciation of the town's name."
To counteract or neutralize a harmful physical condition, imbalance, or tendency.
"She wears prescription lenses to correct her astigmatism."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Latin 'correctus', the past participle of 'corrigere' ('to make straight, set right, amend'), formed from the intensive prefix 'com-' and 'regere' ('to rule, guide, or direct').