correct

adj. right; accurate, exact; proper

v. make right; amend, rectify, emend; fix something that is wrong; punish, castigate

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Verb
1. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
(synonym) rectify, right
(antonym) falsify
(hypernym) change by reversal, turn, reverse
(hyponym) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
(derivation) correction, rectification
2. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
(synonym) right, compensate, redress
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) over-correct, overcompensate
3. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
(synonym) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten
(hypernym) 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
(hyponym) flame
4. adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
(synonym) compensate, counterbalance, even out, even off, even up
(hypernym) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(hyponym) carry
5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
(synonym) discipline, sort out
(hypernym) punish, penalize, penalise
(derivation) discipline, correction
6. go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
(synonym) decline, slump
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
(synonym) adjust, set
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) proportion
8. treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
(hypernym) treat, care for

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Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) right
(antonym) incorrect, wrong
(similar) accurate, exact, precise
(see-also) accurate
(attribute) correctness, rightness
2. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
(synonym) right
(similar) proper
3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
(synonym) right
(similar) proper
4. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
(synonym) right
(similar) right-minded

adv. alright, acceptable

adj. correct, proper, reasonable, prim, seemly, aboveboard

pref. ortho

adv. correctly, properly

adj. correct, right; accurate, exact; proper