Correct | Mean of correct in English Dictionary

/kəˈrɛkt/

• true or accurate
1. What's the correct answer/response to this question?
2. She is correct (in saying) that more money is needed.
3. Yes, that's correct.
4. Her watch never tells the correct time.
5. an anatomically correct drawing of the human body
• having no errors or mistakes
1. a grammatically correct sentence
2. correct pronunciation/punctuation/spelling/usage
• proper or appropriate in a particular situation
1. Did I give you the correct change?
2. With the correct amount of water and sunlight, the plant will grow well.
3. We're trying to find the correct [=right] way to deal with the problem.
4. He was correct to do what he did. = He did the correct thing.

• considered proper by people with a strict set of beliefs or values
1. We need to find a more environmentally correct way of disposing of these materials. [=a way that does not damage the environment]
• careful about behaving in a polite and socially accepted way
1. a very correct young man
• Verb
• to change (something) so that it is right, true, proper, etc.
1. a computer program that corrects [=fixes] spelling errors
2. I hate it when she corrects my grammar.
3. These errors are easily corrected. = These errors can be corrected easily.
4. Please correct your essay for punctuation errors.
5. “I use the title ‘Ms.’ not ‘Mrs.,’” she corrected him.
6. He quickly corrected himself and said that it cost two dollars, not four.
7. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you owe me another dollar. [=do you owe me another dollar?]
8. “He's four years old, not five.” “Well, then, I stand corrected.”
9. I stand corrected. The meeting is on Monday, not Tuesday as I'd thought.
• to mark the errors on (something that a person has written)
1. Our teacher hasn't finished correcting our tests yet.
2. He corrects papers with a red pen.
• to deal with or take care of (a problem, bad situation, etc.) successfully
1. We are finding ways to correct this difficult situation.
2. We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.
3. These medicines are used for correcting chemical imbalances in the brain.
4. She's having surgery that will correct her vision. [=that will make her bad vision good/better]
• to make an amount or number more accurate by considering other information
1. The measurements are not accurate because I didn't correct for the change in temperature.
2. We need to correct the measurements for the change in temperature.