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correct

/kəˈrɛkt/

US pronunciation

American sound/kəˈrɛkt/

kəˈrɛkt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

kə - ˈrɛkt -> correct

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မှန်ကန် (v) ပြင်

Full entry

correct /kǝ'rekt/ adj

၁။ မှန်သော။ မှန်ကန်သော။
the correct answer/ approach/ procedure ❍ Do you have the correct time? ❍ The description is correct in every detail/ absolutely correct. ❍ ‘Am I correct in thinking that you are a writer?’ ‘ Yes, that's correct. ’
၂။ (အနေ) မှန်သော။ သင့်တော်သော။
a very correct young lady ❍ Such casual dress would not be correct for a formal occasion.
v
၁။ (က) (မှန်အောင်) ပြင်သည်၊ ပြင်ပေးသည်။ correct sb's spelling ❍ Please correct my pronunciation if I go wrong. ❍ Spectacles correct faulty eyesight ❍ ‘It was in April—no, May,’ he said, correcting himself.
(ခ) စာ၊ လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း စသည် ပြင်ပေးသည်။ correct an essay/ a test.
၂။ အမှားကို ထောက်ပြသည်။ ‘Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last year's brochure?’ ❍ Yes, you're right—I stand corrected (ie I accept that I made a mistake). correctly adv : forecast/ guess correctly ❍ He believed, perhaps correctly, that … ❍ behave very correctly. correctness n [U]: question the correctness of the court's decision.

More examples

The first person to give the correct answer wins the contest.
Make sure you use the correct address.
If my calculations are correct, we should arrive in exactly 17 minutes.
A correct diagnosis
A grammatically correct sentence
My father was always very formal and correct.
She guessed my age correctly.
They refused, quite correctly, to give us this information.

Synonyms

right, accurate, exact, truthful, acceptable, accepted, according to Hoyle, actual, adjust, administer, admonish, alter, ameliorate, amen, amend, appropriate, approved, becoming, better, careful, castigate, change, chasten, chastise, chide, clean up, clean up act, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, cooking with gas, cure, dead on, debug, decent, decorous, diplomatic, discipline, do over, doctor, done, edit, emend, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, fiddle with, fitting, fix, fix up, flawless, for sure, free of error, get with it, go over, help, impeccable, improve, just, just so, launder, legitimate, make over, make right, make up for, mark, mend, meticulous, modify, nice, okay, on target, on the ball, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on track, pay dues, penalize, perfect, pick up, polish, precise, proper, punctilious, punish, put in order, put right, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regular, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, reprimand, reprove, retouch, review, revise, right as rain, right on, right stuff, righteous, rigorous, scrub, scrupulous, seemly, set right, set straight, shape up, so, sort out, spot-on, standard, stone, straighten out, strict, suitable, touch up, true, turn around, undistorted, unmistaken, upgrade, veracious, veridical

Antonyms

be permissive, biased, blow, blunder, break, coddle, compliment, damage, depress, destroy, false, flawed, forgive, goof, harm, hurt, imprecise, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, indulge, inexact, injure, invalid, laud, maintain, mistake, pamper, pet, praise, remain, reward, ruin, spoil, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable, weaken, worsen, wrong

Cross references

right accurate exact truthful acceptable accepted according to Hoyle actual adjust administer admonish alter ameliorate amen amend appropriate approved becoming better careful castigate change chasten chastise chide clean up clean up act comme il faut

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