correct
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correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)
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- Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
- With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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free from error
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with good manners
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to correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)
- (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
- It's rude to correct your parents.
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To make something that was not valid become right
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[edit] French
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- IPA: /kɔʁɛkt/
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correct m. (f. correcte, m. plural corrects, f. plural correctes)
- correct
