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correct

🇬🇧 UK/kә'rekt/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kTOEFLA1

Definitions

adj.

Free from error; accurate; conforming to accepted standards of behaviour.

正确的;准确的;合乎规范的

v.

To fix an error or fault; to mark mistakes in written work; to point out someone's error.

改正;纠正;批改

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cortogether, with
+
rectstraight, right
=correct

Common Collocations

  • 1.correct answer正确答案
  • 2.correct procedure正确步骤

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The teacher used a red pen to correct the spelling errors in the student's essay.

  • 2.

    Her correct answer earned her full marks on the difficult mathematics test.

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