Main entry: correct
Definition: treat a defect
Usage: The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Main entry: rectify, right, correct
Definition: make right or correct
Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation
Main entry: adjust, correct, set
Definition: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Usage: Adjust the clock, please; correct the alignment of the front wheels
Main entry: correct, objurgate, chasten, chastise, castigate
Definition: censure severely
Usage: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Main entry: decline, correct, slump
Definition: go down in value
Usage: the stock market corrected; prices slumped
Main entry: compensate, redress, right, correct
Definition: make reparations or amends for
Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Main entry: sort out, correct, discipline
Definition: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Usage: The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Main entry: make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate
Definition: adjust for
Usage: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision
Definition: correct in opinion or judgment
Usage: time proved him right
Definition: socially right or correct
Usage: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye; correct behavior
Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Usage: what's the right word for this?; the right way to open oysters