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correct
adjective as in accurate, exact
Strongest matches
accurate, appropriate, equitable, exact, factual, legitimate, perfect, precise, proper, strict, true
Weak matches
according to Hoyle, actual, amen, cooking with gas, dead on, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, free of error, impeccable, just, nice, on the ball, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on track, on-target, regular, right as rain, right on, right stuff, righteous, rigorous, undistorted, unmistaken, veracious, veridical
adjective as in proper, appropriate
Strongest matches
Weak matches
comme il faut, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, meticulous, nice, punctilious, right stuff, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable
verb as in fix, adjust
Strongest matches
alter, amend, cure, improve, mend, rectify, redress, regulate, remediate, remedy, repair, review, revise, straighten out, upgrade
Strong matches
ameliorate, better, change, debug, doctor, edit, emend, help, launder, polish, reclaim, reconstruct, reform, remodel, reorganize, retouch, right, scrub
Weak matches
clean up, clean up act, do over, fiddle with, fix up, get with it, go over, make over, make right, make up for, pay dues, pick up, put in order, set right, set straight, shape up, touch up, turn around
Example Sentences
To correct for this, the Subaru Telescope team used adaptive optics, a technology that continuously adjusts to cancel out these distortions and stabilize the light waves in real time.
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a more precise and efficient gene-editing approach that can correct several disease-causing mutations at once in mammalian cells.
“It is less damaging to workers to correct a policy move that is too easy than to correct one that is too tight,” explained James Glassman, a former economist with J.P.
Ms Hayes said her autism was never properly assessed and instead she was given mental health diagnoses that may not have been correct, rendering her care plan ineffective.
So he founded the Enhanced Games to correct what he viewed as rampant hypocrisy that left athletes not only underpaid, but also limited in their potential by constantly shifting and arbitrary rules.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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