Definition of "correct" []

• To remove the errors or mistakes from. (verb-transitive)
• To indicate or mark the errors in. (verb-transitive)
• To punish for the purpose of improving or reforming. (verb-transitive)
• To remove, remedy, or counteract (a malfunction, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "_substantially_ correct, she neither declared nor implied that they were not taught in a manner absolutely correct, but ... as all who believe that they are set forth in a manner _absolutely correct_, believe, necessarily, that they are taught in a manner _substantially_ correct; for that which is absolute embraces that which is substantial and something more; she simply makes an affirmation, so far as two classes"
• "Of course, "Survivor: Panama Exile Island" -- let me get the title correct -- is going to make its premier tomorrow night on CBS."
• "I was off sick on Wednesday and went to the doctor, who told me I have -- let me get the term correct -- "bullous myringit, is.""