eng: correct - UWN/MENTA

eng: correct

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Meaning
means	(verb) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" correct, right, rectify
means	(verb) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" correct, compensate, right, redress
means	(verb) censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" objurgate, castigate, chastise, chasten, correct
means	(verb) adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" even out, make up, even up, counterbalance, even off, correct, compensate
means	(verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" correct, sort out, discipline
means	(verb) go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" decline, slump, correct
means	(verb) 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, correct, set
means	(verb) treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" correct
means	(adjective) 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" correct, right
means	(adjective) socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" right, correct
means	(adjective) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" right, correct
means	(adjective) correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" correct, right

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