correct: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of correct
- incorrect«Word Popularity Bar5/5
incorrect
- adjective not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
wrong.
- an incorrect calculation
- the report in the paper is wrong
- your information is wrong
- the clock showed the wrong time
- found themselves on the wrong road
- based on the wrong assumptions
- adjective satellite not in accord with established usage or procedure
wrong.
- the wrong medicine
- the wrong way to shuck clams
- it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts
- adjective not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- overcorrect1/5
overcorrect
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hypercorrect1/5
hypercorrect
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Suffixes of correct
- correction«Word Popularity Bar5/5
correction
- noun the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
rectification.
- noun a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
fudge factor.
- noun the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- corrected5/5
corrected
- adjective having something undesirable neutralized
- with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20
- verb make right or correct
right; correct; rectify.
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
- adjective having something undesirable neutralized
- correctly5/5
correctly
- adverb in an accurate manner
aright; right.
- the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
- he guessed right
- adverb in an accurate manner
- corrections4/5
corrections
- noun the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
department of corrections.
- for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
- noun the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
- noun the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
- corrective4/5
corrective
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
restorative.
- adjective satellite designed to promote discipline
disciplinary; disciplinal.
- the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
- disciplinal measures
- the mother was stern and disciplinary
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
- correcting4/5
correct
- verb make right or correct
right; rectify.
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
- verb make reparations or amends for
compensate; right; redress.
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
- verb make right or correct
- correctness4/5
correctness
- noun conformity to fact or truth
rightness.
- noun the quality of conformity to social expectations
- noun conformity to fact or truth
- correctional4/5
correctional
- adjective satellite concerned with or providing correction
- a correctional institution
- adjective satellite concerned with or providing correction
- corrects3/5
correct
- verb make right or correct
right; rectify.
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
- verb make reparations or amends for
compensate; right; redress.
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
- verb make right or correct
- correctable2/5
correctable
- adjective satellite capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent
- a correctable image
- adjective satellite capable of being corrected by additions
amendable.
- an amendable flaw
- adjective satellite capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent
- correctives2/5
corrective
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
restorative.
- adjective satellite designed to promote discipline
disciplinary; disciplinal.
- the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
- disciplinal measures
- the mother was stern and disciplinary
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
- corrector2/5
corrector
One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; acorrector of the press; an alkali is acorrector of acids.
- correctors1/5
corrector
One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; acorrector of the press; an alkali is acorrector of acids.
- correctively1/5
corrective
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
restorative.
- adjective satellite designed to promote discipline
disciplinary; disciplinal.
- the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
- disciplinal measures
- the mother was stern and disciplinary
- noun a device for treating injury or disease
- correctible1/5
correctible
Capable of being corrected.
Derived words of correct
- incorrectly«Word Popularity Bar4/5
incorrectly
- adverb in an incorrect manner
falsely.
- to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
- adverb in an inaccurate manner
wrong; wrongly.
- he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
- she guessed wrong
- adverb in an incorrect manner
- uncorrected3/5
uncorrected
- adjective left faulty or wrong
- uncorrected astigmatism
- adjective satellite not subjected to correction or discipline
undisciplined.
- let her children grow up uncorrected
- adjective left faulty or wrong
- incorrectness2/5
incorrectness
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- noun the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
wrongness.
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- overcorrection2/5
overcorrection
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- uncorrectable1/5
uncorrectable
- adjective satellite incapable of being controlled or managed
unmanageable; uncontrollable.
- uncontrollable children
- an uncorrectable habit
- adjective satellite incapable of being controlled or managed
- overcorrected1/5
- hypercorrection1/5
- overcorrecting1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `correct`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `correct`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `correct`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `correct`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.