• treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will Correct for his myopia"
• make right or Correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "Correct the alignment of the front wheels"
• censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
• go down in value; "the stock market Corrected"; "prices slumped"
• make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
• adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to Correct the effects or air resistance"
• 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 in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
• socially right or Correct; "it isn''t right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "Correct behavior"
• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what''s the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

'Correct' in other languages