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correct I. adjectiv
1. corect, just, exact, precis; adevărat, real;
(sl.) the correct card a) program de competiţii sportive; b) (fig.) cerinţă a etichetei, bonton.
2. (fig.) corect, ireproşabil, pus la punct, în notă.
correct II. verb tranzitiv
1. a corecta, a îndrepta, a corija, a rectifica; a îmbunătăţi;
to correct barometer reading to sea level a aduee corecţia presiunii după altitudinea de la nivelul mării.
2. a mustra, a dojeni, a certa; a da o corecţie (cuiva), a pedepsi.
3. a neutraliza, a compensa, a contracara (o influenţă nefastă etc.); a face inofensiv.
4. a regla, a pune la punct, a reglementa, a regula.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
It is possible that I may have to ask your company and assistance upon a small expedition which will have be undertaken to-night, if my chain of reasoning should prove to be correct.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“This is not quite correct, however,” he added, glancing over the document.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The information is quite correct,” I answered.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
“Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct,” said she.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By now, you likely know what was to come up and are working to correct the situation.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
"That doesn't mean anything in correct English," she objected.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
Surgery is the only treatment available to correct or stop the progression of nerve damage.
(Chiari Malformation, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Oh, you have been very correct—very careful, very sensible.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
I wonder that you do not correct her, my fair lord.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her observation had been pretty correct.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)