Synonym: accurate, adjust, change, mark, proper, remedy, right, true. Antonym: incorrect, wrong. Similar words: correctly, correlation, correspondent, corresponding to, corridor, corrosion, corruption, record. Meaning: [kə'rekt] 
v. 1. make right or correct 2. make reparations or amends for 3. censure severely 4. adjust for 5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience 6. go down in value 7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 8. treat a defect. adj. 1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth 2. socially right or correct 3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure 4. correct in opinion or judgment.
v. 1. make right or correct 2. make reparations or amends for 3. censure severely 4. adjust for 5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience 6. go down in value 7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 8. treat a defect. adj. 1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth 2. socially right or correct 3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure 4. correct in opinion or judgment. 
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211. These days everybody has to be politically correct. I even heard someone the other day calling a short person 'vertically challenged'!
212. Given the circumstances, his behaviour to Laura had been punctiliously correct.
213. I never doubted that they would deliver the correct verdict .
214. I think English men are very polite and very correct.
215. He checked the details given and found them substantially correct.
216. Using the word in that context is not, strictly speaking, correct.
217. Turn the wheel to the right to correct the steering.
218. What you say is perfectly correct, but it gives the wrong impression.
219. These figures should be correct because I've checked them personally.
220. Just pencil in the answer unless you're sure it's correct.
221. I thought those figures were correct. However(sentencedict.com), I have recently heard they were not.
222. She has very pronounced views on the importance of correct spelling.
223. She was a fifth-grader when she got braces to correct an overbite and a gap between her two front teeth.
224. A sailor uses the rudder to make the ship go in the correct direction.
225. It was not considered correct for young ladies to go out on their own.
226. His report is correct except that some details are omitted.
227. Be careful to perform the actions in the correct sequence .
228. We have now tried to correct the bias in our original report.
229. The correct procedure is laid down in the rules and regulations.
230. Could Donna's version of what happened that night be correct?
231. Mark, a professional to his fingertips, insisted that we follow the correct procedures.
232. three pair of shoes. This is not considered correct in written English.
233. The committee comprises/consists of two lawyers, two journalists and a teacher. You can also say is comprised of, though this use is often avoided in written English. It is not correct to use comprises of or is composed by /from.
234. Correct breathing helps to clear the mind and reduce tension.
234. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
235. The sender of the first correct entry drawn will win a weekend for two in Venice.
236. The first correct entry out of the hat on September 2nd will win a prize.
237. A dictionary helps one to distinguish correct and incorrect usages.
238. These prices are correct at the time of going to press.
239. He was an interesting speaker, if not always politically correct in his views.
240. Read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find.
More similar words: correctly, correlation, correspondent, corresponding to, corridor, corrosion, corruption, record, recording, direct, director, directly, irrespective of, in all directions, direct investment, sorry, worry, horror, arrest, barrel, or rather, current, currency, horrible, currently, irreverence, quarrel with, cor, core, corn.