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  • 31correct —    1. in line with received opinion or enforced dogma    As in politically correct and not referring to a general adherence to high moral standards.    What is correct depends on who is writing the rule book, including the Nazis or the Russian… …

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  • 32correct — 1. adjective 1) the correct answer Syn: right, accurate, true, exact, precise, unerring, faithful, strict, faultless, flawless, error free, perfect, letter perfect, word perfect; informal on the mark, on the nail, bang on …

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  • 33correct — 1. adjective 1) the correct answer Syn: right, accurate, exact, true, perfect 2) correct behaviour Syn: proper, right, decent, respectable, decorous, suitable …

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  • 34CORRECT — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index correct noun accuracy adjective accurate (2), corrective verb correct incorrect noun blunder, botch …

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  • 35correct — [14] Correct is etymologically related to rectitude and rightness. It comes from the past participle of Latin corrigere ‘make straight, put right’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and regere ‘lead straight, rule’. This regere …

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  • 36correct — Used to describe a person conspicuously committed to politically correct causes or liberal ideology. The man is so correct he s got save the whales, save the spotted owls, save the rain forests, and Nader 2000 stickers plastered to the back side… …

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  • 37correct — Used to describe a person conspicuously committed to politically correct causes or liberal ideology. The man is so correct he s got save the whales, save the spotted owls, save the rain forests, and Nader 2000 stickers plastered to the back side… …

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  • 38correct — adjective 1》 free from error; true or right. 2》 conforming to accepted social standards.     ↘conforming to a particular political or ideological orthodoxy: environmentally correct. verb put right. ↘mark the errors in (a text). ↘adjust (a… …

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  • 39correct — /kəˈrɛkt / (say kuh rekt) verb (t) 1. to set right; remove the errors or faults of. 2. to point out or mark the errors in. 3. to admonish or rebuke in order to improve. 4. to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful). 5. Physics… …

  • 40correct — [14] Correct is etymologically related to rectitude and rightness. It comes from the past participle of Latin corrigere ‘make straight, put right’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and regere ‘lead straight, rule’. This regere …

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