Wondering how to hyphenate the English word correct? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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Make right or correct Correct the mistakes Rectify the calculation |
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Make reparations or amends for Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust |
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Censure severely She chastised him for his insensitive remarks |
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Adjust for Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance |
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Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently |
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Go down in value The stock market corrected Prices slumped |
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Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard Adjust the clock |
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Please Correct the alignment of the front wheels |
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Treat a defect The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia |
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Free from error Especially conforming to fact or truth The correct answer The correct version The right answer Took the right road The right decision |
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Socially right or correct It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye Correct behavior |
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In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure What's the right word for this? The right way to open oysters |
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Correct in opinion or judgment Time proved him right |
| adj | correct, accurate, exact, precise, letter-perfect, word-perfect, straight, accurate, proper, true |
| adj | right, proper |
| adj | right, proper |
| adj | right, right-minded |
| verb | rectify, right, change by reversal, turn, reverse |
| verb | right, compensate, redress, change, alter, modify |
| verb | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast |
| verb | compensate, counterbalance, even out, even off, even up, balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise |
| verb | discipline, sort out, punish, penalize, penalise |
| verb | decline, slump, descend, fall, go down, come down
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| verb | adjust, set, change, alter, modify |
| verb | treat, care for
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