adj.
- free from error; true or right.
- conforming to accepted social standards.
▸conforming to a particular political or ideological orthodoxy:
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environmentally correct.
v.
put right.
▸mark the errors in (a text).
▸adjust (a numerical result or reading) to allow for departure from standard conditions.
Derivative
- correctable adj.
- correctly adv.
- correctness n.
- corrector n.
Etymology
ME (as v.; the adj. is via Fr.): from L. correct-, corrigere, ‘make straight, amend’, from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’.
