doğrudoğru

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Turkish - English
(Dilbilim) correct
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth
To inform (someone) of the latter's error

It's rude to correct your parents.

{v} to punish, mend faults, temper
treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying
If you correct someone, you say something which you think is more accurate or appropriate than what they have just said. `Actually, that isn't what happened,' George corrects me I must correct him on a minor point
{f} make right; amend, rectify, emend; fix something that is wrong; punish, castigate
If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes. The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8 The following information was correct at time of going to press = right incorrect + correctly cor·rect·ly Did I pronounce your name correctly? + correctness cor·rect·ness Ask the investor to check the correctness of what he has written. = accuracy
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error
If you correct a problem, mistake, or fault, you do something which puts it right. He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes. = rectify + correction corrections cor·rec·tion legislation to require the correction of factual errors We will then make the necessary corrections
If a person or their behaviour is correct, their behaviour is in accordance with social or other rules. I think English men are very polite and very correct = proper + correctly cor·rect·ly The High Court of Parliament began very correctly with a prayer for the Queen. + correctness cor·rect·ness his stiff-legged gait and formal correctness
If someone is correct, what they have said or thought is true. You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion. = right wrong
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour
The correct thing or method is the thing or method that is required or is most suitable in a particular situation. The use of the correct materials was crucial the correct way to produce a crop of tomato plants. = right + correctly cor·rect·ly If correctly executed, this shot will give them a better chance of getting the ball close to the hole. = properly
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views
If you say that someone is correct in doing something, you approve of their action. You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence I think the president was correct to reject the offer. = right + correctly cor·rect·ly When an accident happens, quite correctly questions are asked
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters
socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
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