correct, accurate, exact, precise, nice, right mean conforming to fact, standard, or truth. correct usually implies freedom from fault or error.

CORRECT definition: 1. in agreement with the true facts or with what is generally accepted: 2. taking or showing great…. Learn more.

If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.

These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: I corrected the spelling mistakes. The new design corrected the flaws in the earlier version.

Definition of correct adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Correct definition: To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example).

to scold or punish in order to improve: Don't correct your child in public. to work against the effect of (something undesirable): Her contact lenses correct her poor eyesight.

To destroy or frustrate; remove or counteract the operation or effects of, especially of something that is undesirable or injurious; rectify: as, to correct abuses; to correct the acidity of the stomach by …

CORRECT definition: to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight. See examples of correct used in a sentence.

When something is true, legitimate or right, you can say it's correct, using the word as an adjective. It can also be a verb; to correct wrong answers is to adjust them to make them right.