Synonyms: rectify
Definition: convert into direct current
Usage: rectify alternating current
Similar words: convert, exchange, commute, change
Definition: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Usage: Could you convert my dollars into pounds?; He changed his name; convert centimeters into inches; convert holdings into shares
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: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
Definition: set straight or right
Usage: remedy these deficiencies; rectify the inequities in salaries; repair an oversight
Similar words: rectify, right, correct
Definition: make right or correct
Usage: Correct the mistakes; rectify the calculation
Synonyms: reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate
Definition: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Usage: The Church reformed me; reform your conduct
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
Definition: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Usage: refine sugar
Similar words: purify, distill, make pure, sublimate
Definition: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Usage: purify the water
Synonyms: rectify
Definition: math: determine the length of
Usage: rectify a curve
Similar words: ascertain, find, find out, determine
Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Usage: find the product of two numbers; The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize