CORRECT


Meaning of CORRECT in English

adj. & v.

--adj.

1. true, right, accurate.

2 (of conduct, manners, etc.) proper, right.

3 in accordance with good standards of taste etc.

--v.tr.

1. set right; amend (an error, omission, etc., or the person responsible for it).

2 mark the errors in (written or printed work etc.).

3 substitute the right thing for (the wrong one).

4 a admonish or rebuke (a person). b punish (a person or fault).

5 counteract (a harmful quality).

6 adjust (an instrument etc.) to function accurately or accord with a standard.

Derivatives:

correctly adv. correctness n.

Etymology: ME (adj. through F) f. L corrigere correct- (as COM-, regere guide)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.