Correct
Translation- Correct
- Correct Cor*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Correcting}.]
1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice,
or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or
principles.
[1913 Webster]
This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). [1913 Webster]
3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. [1913 Webster]
My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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correct — 1. adj. 1) правильный, верный, точный 2) соответствующий, подходя щий (о поведении, одежде) correct card Syn: see accurate 2. v. 1) исправ лять, поправлять, корректировать to correct barometer reading to sea level вносить в показания барометра… … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
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correct — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere, from com + regere to lead straight more at right Date: 14th century 1. a. to make or set right ; amend < correct an error > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
correct — kəˈrekt 1. прил. 1) правильный, соответствующий, надлежащий (соответствующий общепризнанным стандартам) Syn : proper 2) верный, истинный, правильный, точный (соответствующий фактам) Syn : exact … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
correct — correctable, correctible, adj. correctability, correctibility, n. correctingly, adv. correctly, adv. correctness, n. corrector, n. /keuh rekt /, v.t. 1. to se … Universalium
CORRECT — ECTE. adj. Où il n y a point de fautes. Il se dit surtout De l écriture, de l impression, et du langage. Écriture correcte. Copie correcte. Écrire d une manière correcte. Cette édition est fort correcte. Cette page n est pas correcte. Son langage … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
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