Definition of Correct

Verb

• treat a defect
  "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
  
• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  "Adjust the clock, please"
  "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
  adjust set
• go down in value
  "the stock market corrected"
  "prices slumped"
  decline slump
• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
  "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
  discipline - sort out
• adjust for
  "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
  compensate counterbalance - make up - even out - even off - even up
• censure severely
  "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
  chastise castigate objurgate chasten
• make reparations or amends for
  "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  right compensate redress
• make right or correct
  "Correct the mistakes"
  "rectify the calculation"
  rectify right

Adjective

• correct in opinion or judgment
  "time proved him right"
  right
• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
  "what's the right word for this?"
  "the right way to open oysters"
  right
• socially right or correct
  "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
  "correct behavior"
  right
• 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"
  right

Word games points for the Correct

• Scrabble® score of the correct (11)
• Word Chums® score of the correct (17)
• Words With Friends® score of the correct (13)

Unscramble correct

44 unscramble word found using the letters correct.

cero, cert, cor, core, corer, correct, cot, cote, croc, crore, ecco, eco, er, err, et, oe, or, orc, ore, ort, re, rec, recco, recto, rector, reo, ret, retro, roc, roe, rore, rort, rot, rote, te, tec, terr, to, toc, toe, tor, torc, tore, torr,