correct

Adjective

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; accurate.
   • Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10
   • We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.

   Synonyms:

   faithful, right

   Antonyms:

   incorrect, inaccurate, wrong, bastard, counterfactual, erroneous, fallacious, false, off, counterfeit

2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

   Synonyms:

   well-behaved, well-mannered, civil, gracious, civilized, complaisant, courteous, cultivated, fair-mannered, genteel

   Antonyms:

   rude, uncouth, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, bumptious, crude, churlish

Adverb

correct

1. Correctly.
   • Hope I spelt your name correct.

Interjection

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonyms:

   OK

Noun

correct (plural corrects)

1. A correct response.
   • Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

Verb

correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
   • You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
   • The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

   Synonyms:

   amend, rectify, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights

2. (broadly, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
   • The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
   • It's rude to correct your parents.
4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

   Synonyms:

   chasten, gruel, amerce, castigate, chastise, come down on, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide