correctとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɛkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt
• Hyphenation: cor‧rect

形容詞

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

同意語

• (free from error): right
• (with good manners): well-mannered, well behaved

反意語

• (without error): incorrect, inaccurate
• (with good manners): uncouth

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

動詞

correct (三人称単数 現在形 corrects, 現在分詞 correcting, 過去形および過去分詞形 corrected)

1. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:

     Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.

   He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.

2. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

   It's rude to correct your parents.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:repair

派生語

Further reading

• correct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• correct in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• correct at OneLook Dictionary Search