correct.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).

形容詞

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; accurate; astute.

   Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10

   We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.

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
• astute

反意語

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

派生語

間投詞

correct

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonym: OK

名詞

correct (複数形 corrects)

1. A correct response.
   • 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:

     Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the […] If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]

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 wrong become right; to remove error from.

   You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.

   The navigator corrected the course of the ship.

   • 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.

2. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).

   The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.

3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.

   It's rude to correct your parents.

4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:repair

派生語

Further reading

• “correct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “correct”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• correct at OneLook Dictionary Search