Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to correct
Participle: corrected
Gerund: correcting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | correct |
| you | correct |
| he;she;it | corrects |
| we | correct |
| you | correct |
| they | correct |
Perfect
| I | have corrected |
| you | have corrected |
| he;she;it | has corrected |
| we | have corrected |
| you | have corrected |
| they | have corrected |
Past
| I | corrected |
| you | corrected |
| he;she;it | corrected |
| we | corrected |
| you | corrected |
| they | corrected |
Pluperfect
| I | had corrected |
| you | had corrected |
| he;she;it | had corrected |
| we | had corrected |
| you | had corrected |
| they | had corrected |
Future
| I | will correct |
| you | will correct |
| he;she;it | will correct |
| we | will correct |
| you | will correct |
| they | will correct |
Future Perfect
| I | will have corrected |
| you | will have corrected |
| he;she;it | will have corrected |
| we | will have corrected |
| you | will have corrected |
| they | will have corrected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | correct |
| you | correct |
| he;she;it | correct |
| we | correct |
| you | correct |
| they | correct |
Perfect
| I | have corrected |
| you | have corrected |
| he;she;it | have corrected |
| we | have corrected |
| you | have corrected |
| they | have corrected |
Imperfect
| I | corrected |
| you | corrected |
| he;she;it | corrected |
| we | corrected |
| you | corrected |
| they | corrected |
Pluperfect
| I | had corrected |
| you | had corrected |
| he;she;it | had corrected |
| we | had corrected |
| you | had corrected |
| they | had corrected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would correct |
| you | would correct |
| he;she;it | would correct |
| we | would correct |
| you | would correct |
| they | would correct |
Perfect
| I | would have corrected |
| you | would have corrected |
| he;she;it | would have corrected |
| we | would have corrected |
| you | would have corrected |
| they | would have corrected |
Imperative
| you | correct |
| we | Let's correct |
| you | correct |
Verbs conjugated like 'correct'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'correct'
porrect,
arrect,
coarct,
codirect,
collect,
confect,
conject,
connect,
convect,
corrupt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
- repair
- fix
- adjust, amend, better, right, improve, restore, cure, help
- punish
- scourge, penalize, admonish, chide, castigate, reprimand, chasten, discipline
Antonyms
- fix
- break, destroy, detach, remove
- punish
- forgive, exonerate, free, endorse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from L.
correctus, pp. of
corrigere "make straight, put right," from
com- intens. prefix +
regere "to lead straight, rule" (see regal). Originally of persons; with ref. to writing, etc., attested from c.1374. The pp. adj. is recorded from 1460.
House of correction first recorded 1575.
2. From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus. See: Anglo-Norman '
correcter'.
Verbs referencing "correct"
Russian
корректировать.
Sample Sentences
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You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
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The navigator corrected the course of the ship.
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Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct. [2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:]
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The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
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It's rude to correct your parents.