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单词 correct
释义

correct

UK /kəˈrekt/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    right according to the facts, with no mistakes

    The first person to give the correct answer wins the contest.

    Make sure you use the correct address.

    Synonyms and related words

    Exact and accurate
    1. 1a
      right according to your opinion or judgment of a situation

      If my calculations are correct, we should arrive in exactly 17 minutes.

      a correct diagnosis

      Synonyms and related words

      Exact and accurate
    2. 1b
      right according to the established rules or ways of doing something

      a grammatically correct sentence

      Synonyms and related words

      Morally good or correct
  2. 2
    not usually before nounbehaving in a way that is considered socially right or polite

    My father was always very formal and correct.

    Synonyms and related words

    Polite

correct

US /kəˈrekt/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    right according to the facts, with no mistakes

    The first person to give the correct answer wins the contest.

    Make sure you use the correct address.

    Synonyms and related words

    Exact and accurate
    1. 1a
      right according to your opinion or judgment of a situation

      If my calculations are correct, we should arrive in exactly 17 minutes.

      a correct diagnosis

      Synonyms and related words

      Exact and accurate
    2. 1b
      right according to the established rules or ways of doing something

      a grammatically correct sentence

      Synonyms and related words

      Morally good or correct
  2. 2
    not usually before nounbehaving in a way that is considered socially right or polite

    My father was always very formal and correct.

    Synonyms and related words

    Polite

correct

UK /kəˈrekt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theycorrect
he/she/itcorrects
present participlecorrecting
past tensecorrected
past participlecorrected

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    transitive to show that something is wrong, and make it right

    I want to correct this false impression that people have of me.

    Synonyms and related words

    To make something better
    1. 1a
      to tell someone that what they have said is not right or true

      I started to correct him, then realized there was no point.

      correct yourself:

      ‘I’m seventeen. No,’ she corrected herself. ‘I’m eighteen now.’

      Synonyms and related words

      To criticize, accuse or blame
  2. 2
    transitive to deal with a technical or medical problem, in order to make something work in the way that it should

    She had surgery to correct a defect in her left eye.

    We need to correct the imbalance in men and women’s pay.

    Synonyms and related words

    To successfully deal with a problem or difficulty
  3. 3
    transitive to look at a piece of writing and make marks showing where the mistakes are

    She sat correcting the studentshomework.

    Synonyms and related words

    To criticize, accuse or blame
  4. 4
    intransitive to change calculations or measurements so that they become more accurate
    correct for:

    To give an accurate figure, you will need to correct for inflation.

    Synonyms and related words

    To calculate or count

phrases

correct me if I’m wrong

correct

US /kəˈrekt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theycorrect
he/she/itcorrects
present participlecorrecting
past tensecorrected
past participlecorrected

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    transitive to show that something is wrong, and make it right

    I want to correct this false impression that people have of me.

    Synonyms and related words

    To make something better
    1. 1a
      to tell someone that what they have said is not right or true

      I started to correct him, then realized there was no point.

      correct yourself:

      “I’m seventeen. No,” she corrected herself. “I’m eighteen now.”

      Synonyms and related words

      To criticize, accuse or blame
  2. 2
    transitive to deal with a technical or medical problem, in order to make something work in the way that it should

    She had surgery to correct a defect in her left eye.

    We need to correct the imbalance in men and women’s pay.

    Synonyms and related words

    To successfully deal with a problem or difficulty
  3. 3
    transitive to look at a piece of writing and make marks showing where the mistakes are

    She sat correcting the studentshomework.

    Synonyms and related words

    To criticize, accuse or blame
  4. 4
    intransitive to change calculations or measurements so that they become more accurate
    correct for:

    To give an accurate figure, you will need to correct for inflation.

    Synonyms and related words

    To calculate or count

phrases

correct me if I’m wrong
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