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Results for: "correct"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

correct — free from error
→ rétt
→ réttur
correct — to fix, put right
→ leiðrétta

More translations:

correct
→ leiðrétta
correct
→ leiðrétta, fara yfir
correct
→ réttur

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (8)

1. make right or correct;
- Example: "Correct the mistakes"
- Example: "rectify the calculation"
[syn: correct, rectify, right]

2. make reparations or amends for;
- Example: "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
[syn: right, compensate, redress, correct]

3. censure severely;
- Example: "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
[syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]

4. adjust for;
- Example: "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
[syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up]

5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;
- Example: "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
[syn: discipline, correct, sort out]

6. go down in value;
- Example: "the stock market corrected"
- Example: "prices slumped"
[syn: decline, slump, correct]

7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
- Example: "Adjust the clock, please"
- Example: "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
[syn: adjust, set, correct]

8. treat a defect;
- Example: "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
- Example: "the correct answer"
- Example: "the correct version"
- Example: "the right answer"
- Example: "took the right road"
- Example: "the right decision"
[syn: correct, right]

2. socially right or correct;
- Example: "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"
- Example: "correct behavior"
[syn: correct, right]

3. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
- Example: "what's the right word for this?"
- Example: "the right way to open oysters"
[syn: correct, right]

4. correct in opinion or judgment;
- Example: "time proved him right"
[syn: right, correct]