corrected Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make right or correct
   right; correct; rectify.
   
   • Correct the mistakes
   • rectify the calculation
2. verb make reparations or amends for
   compensate; right; redress; correct.
   
   • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
3. verb censure severely
   objurgate; chastise; chasten; castigate; correct.
   
   • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
4. verb adjust for
   even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
   
   • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
5. verb punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
   discipline; sort out; correct.
   
   • The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
6. verb go down in value
   decline; slump; correct.
   
   • the stock market corrected
   • prices slumped
7. verb alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
   adjust; set; correct.
   
   • Adjust the clock, please
   • correct the alignment of the front wheels
8. verb treat a defect
   correct.
   
   • The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
9. adjective having something undesirable neutralized
   
   • with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20

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