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correct v. 1 right, set or put right, amend, redress, rectify, remedy,<br />

repair, fix; cure: A good mechanic will be able to correct the<br />

faults in the engine. 2 scold, admonish, rebuke, reprimand,<br />

berate, chide, reprove; censure, blame: You mustn't correct<br />

people for their bad manners. 3 punish, chastise, chasten,<br />

discipline, castigate: The boys were corrected for swearing at<br />

the teacher. 4 reverse, offset, counteract, counterbalance,<br />

neutralize, nullify, make up for, annul, cancel; adjust, change,<br />

modify: Adding this fertilizer should correct the acid content<br />

of the soil. 5 mark, grade: The exam papers haven't yet been<br />

corrected.<br />

--adj. 6 proper, decorous, decent, appropriate, suitable, fit,<br />

right, meet, fitting, befitting, apt, de rigueur, comme il faut,<br />

Old-fashioned Brit tickety-boo: I have found her behaviour<br />

correct at all times. 7 conventional, established, set,<br />

standard, normal, orthodox, approved, in order, de rigueur,<br />

comme il faut, usual, natural, customary, traditional, done,<br />

right, Old-fashioned Brit tickety-boo: Sending flowers to the<br />

funeral parlour would be the correct thing to do. 8 accurate,<br />

right, precise, exact, factual, valid, true, proper, fitting,<br />

apt, suitable, appropriate; faultless, perfect, unimpeachable:<br />

Joanna gave the correct answer.<br />

correction<br />

n. 1 improvement, emendation, rectification, redress, remedy,<br />

reparation, amendment; corrigendum: With these corrections, the<br />

work will be vastly better. 2 punishment, castigation,<br />

chastisement: He resented her continual correction of him for<br />

trivial things.<br />

correspond<br />

v. 1 agree, conform, tally, comply, accord, harmonize, be<br />

congruous, match, coincide: The results of the surveys<br />

correspond. 2 write, communicate, be in touch or contact: We<br />

have been corresponding for years.<br />

correspondent<br />

n. newspaperman, newspaperwoman, pressman, presswoman,<br />

journalist, reporter, stringer, newsman, newsperson: Here is a<br />

report from our correspondent in Sydney.<br />

corridor n. hall, hallway, passage, passageway: We met in the corridor

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