(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something is ~, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes. (FORMAL)
The ~ answers can be found at the bottom of page 8...
The following information was ~ at time of going to press...
= right
? in~
ADJ
~ly
Did I pronounce your name ~ly?...
ADV: ADV with v
~ness
Ask the investor to check the ~ness of what he has written.
= accuracy
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone is ~, what they have said or thought is true. (FORMAL)
You are absolutely ~. The leaves are from a bay tree...
If Casey is ~, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion.
= right
? wrong
ADJ: v-link ADJ
3.
The ~ thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation.
The use of the ~ materials was crucial...
...the ~ way to produce a crop of tomato plants.
= right
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
If ~ly executed, this shot will give them a better chance of getting the ball close to the hole.
= properly
ADV: ADV with v
4.
If you say that someone is ~ in doing something, you approve of their action.
You are perfectly ~ in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence...
I think the president was ~ to reject the offer.
= right
ADJ: usu ADJ in -ing/n
~ly
When an accident happens, quite ~ly questions are asked.
ADV: ADV with cl
5.
If you ~ a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right.
He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in ~ing past mistakes.
= rectify
VERB: V n
~ion (~ions)
...legislation to require the ~ion of factual errors...
We will then make the necessary ~ions.
N-VAR
6.
If you ~ someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said.
‘Actually, that isn’t what happened,’ George ~s me...
I must ~ him on a minor point.
VERB: V n with quote, V n
7.
When someone ~s a piece of writing, they look at it and mark the mistakes in it.
It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or ~ing his students’ work.
VERB: V n
8.
If a person or their behaviour is ~, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules.
I think English men are very polite and very ~...
= proper
ADJ
~ly
The High Court of Parliament began very ~ly with a prayer for the Queen.
ADV: ADV with v
~ness
...his stiff-legged gait and formal ~ness.
N-UNCOUNT