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How to sign: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision";
See also: accurate, proper, true
Similiar / Same: right
How to sign: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework";
Similiar / Same: grade, score, mark
Categories: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value
How to sign: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels";
Categories: alter, change, modify
Within this category: align, attune, calibrate, citify, depressurize, focus, harmonize, justify, linearize, match, modulate, plumb, pressurize, proportion, readjust, regulate, set, synchronize, temper, time, time, trim, tune, tune, zero, zero
How to sign: make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation";
Similiar / Same: right, rectify
Categories: change by reversal, reverse, turn
Within this category: debug, rectify
How to sign: censure severely
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks";
Similiar / Same: chastise, castigate, chasten, objurgate
Categories: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce
Within this category: flame
How to sign: adjust or make up for
"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance";
Similiar / Same: compensate, counterbalance, even out, even off, even up
Categories: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Within this category: carry, cover
How to sign: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently";
Similiar / Same: discipline, sort out
