CORRECT


Meaning of CORRECT in English

I.

verb

Correct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bias , ↑ defect , ↑ deficiency , ↑ deficit , ↑ deformity , ↑ distortion , ↑ error , ↑ fault , ↑ flaw , ↑ grammar , ↑ imbalance , ↑ impression , ↑ inaccuracy , ↑ inconsistency , ↑ injustice , ↑ misconception , ↑ misinformation , ↑ mistake , ↑ misunderstanding , ↑ omission , ↑ perception , ↑ problem , ↑ pronunciation , ↑ record , ↑ shortcoming , ↑ situation , ↑ spelling , ↑ squint , ↑ vision , ↑ wrong

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , prove , seem

His first idea proved ~.

ADVERB

▪ absolutely , completely , entirely , perfectly , quite

What you say is perfectly ~, but it gives the wrong impression.

▪ not entirely , not strictly

He is not entirely ~ in his assumptions.

▪ basically , broadly , essentially , fundamentally , largely , more or less , substantially

His estimate has turned out to be more or less ~.

▪ clearly , undoubtedly

▪ ideologically , politically ( sometimes disapproving )

He was an interesting speaker, if not always politically ~ in his views.

▪ legally , technically

▪ morally

▪ anatomically , factually , grammatically

The sentence is grammatically ~, but not very idiomatic.

PREPOSITION

▪ in

The diagram is ~ in every detail.

I think I am ~ in saying that this project is the first of its kind.

Correct is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ alignment , ↑ answer , ↑ assumption , ↑ balance , ↑ calculation , ↑ conclusion , ↑ context , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ distance , ↑ dosage , ↑ dose , ↑ etiquette , ↑ explanation , ↑ fit , ↑ forecast , ↑ grammar , ↑ guess , ↑ identification , ↑ information , ↑ interpretation , ↑ manner , ↑ meaning , ↑ number , ↑ order , ↑ password , ↑ path , ↑ pitch , ↑ position , ↑ posture , ↑ prediction , ↑ presumption , ↑ procedure , ↑ pronunciation , ↑ proportion , ↑ reading , ↑ reply , ↑ response , ↑ sequence , ↑ size , ↑ solution , ↑ spelling , ↑ stance , ↑ term , ↑ terminology , ↑ translation , ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ view

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