Synonyms: correct
Definition: treat a defect
Usage: The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Similar words: treat, care for
Definition: provide treatment for
Usage: The doctor treated my broken leg; The nurses cared for the bomb victims; The patient must be treated right away or she will die; Treat the infection with antibiotics
Synonyms: rectify, right, correct
Definition: make right or correct
Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation
Similar words: turn, change by reversal, reverse
Definition: change to the contrary
Usage: The trend was reversed; the tides turned against him; public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: correct, objurgate, chasten, chastise, castigate
Definition: censure severely
Usage: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Similar words: call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, dress down, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out
Definition: censure severely or angrily
Usage: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Synonyms: decline, correct, slump
Definition: go down in value
Usage: the stock market corrected; prices slumped
Similar words: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Synonyms: compensate, redress, right, correct
Definition: make reparations or amends for
Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: sort out, correct, discipline
Definition: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Usage: The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Similar words: penalise, penalize, punish
Definition: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Usage: The students were penalized for showing up late for class; we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium
Usage: She has to balance work and her domestic duties; balance the two weights
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
Similar words: precise, accurate, exact
Definition: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
Usage: a precise image; a precise measurement
Similar words: letter-perfect, word-perfect
Definition: correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words
Usage: a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy; she was word-perfect in her part
Similar words: straight
Definition: following a correct or logical method
Usage: straight reasoning
Definition: correct in opinion or judgment
Usage: time proved him right
Similar words: right-minded
Definition: disposed toward or having views based on what is right
Usage: respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have- Bertrand Russell
Definition: socially right or correct
Usage: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye; correct behavior
Similar words: proper
Definition: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Usage: proper medical treatment; proper manners
Definition: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Usage: what's the right word for this?; the right way to open oysters
Similar words: proper
Definition: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Usage: proper medical treatment; proper manners