to correct
65
7.7
- verb
- /kəˈrɛkt/
:
reprender
- But the moment he stopped to correct something, the students became disruptive.
- correct behavior
- teachers correct students
And the easiest way to do that is to insist correcting people when it really doesn't matter.
- And the easiest way to do that is to insist correcting people when it really doesn't matter.
Examples
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Elementary social justice and economic interest would dictate a reform of health care to correct this situation.
Academic text (2011) -
Teachers often need to correct students when they disrupt the class.
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Never correct me in public again.
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So, correct me if I am wrong, monsieur, your doctor was a family friend?
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Just behave as you normally would, and I'll correct you along the way.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sorry to correct you there, Rhonda.
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Government does have a responsibility to correct market failures and prevent anti-competitive behavior.
Academic text (1993) -
Whose responsibility is it to repair the damages and correct the reoccurring problem?
Academic text (1990) -
I will correct you.
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Please don't correct me.
Synonyms
821
1.0
Make someone suffer for doing something wrong
139
4.2
Punish someone so they learn not to do it again
60
5.5
Punish someone or make them suffer a loss for breaking a rule
47
3.4
To punish or train someone so they follow rules
33
7.6
To scold someone strongly for doing something wrong
33
6.1
To tell someone they did something wrong, usually by a person in charge
31
6.8
To tell someone firmly to change or improve their behavior
29
8.2
To get revenge on someone for something they did
14
8.8
To criticize or punish someone very harshly
9
6.5
To punish someone to warn other people not to do the same
8
8.2
Make someone less proud by punishing or criticizing them so they behave better
1
8.7
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
1
7.9
To scold someone strongly and warn them of punishment
1
3.8
Officially order someone to pay money as punishment for breaking a rule
1
9.9
To scold someone strongly for doing something wrong
Punish someone for something they did to you
Antonyms
Compounds
57
4.2
To avoid words and actions that might offend or exclude people who face unfair treatment
3
6.3
Showing the real shape and parts of a human or animal body, including private parts
How Harsh
- Formal
33
7.6
65
7.7
- Formal
33
6.1
55
2.2
31
6.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Correct also comes from Latin corrigere (com- 'together' + regere 'to guide'), and a helpful way to remember the sense of punishment is to think of it as 'guiding' a person's behaviour back to the right way, sometimes by scolding or other discipline.