correctness

Examples

• All

• The panel of experts achieved 100% correctness on all of the mathematical situational problems.

  Academic text (2008)

• But I value knowledge and correctness, so let's get right to it.

  Meet Kevin

• Yes, we stand by the essential correctness of our story.

  The Front Runner (2018)

• I stand by the essential correctness of my order.

  The Front Runner (2018)

• We are not going to discuss the correctness of that decision now.

  Academic text (1998)

• We're just trying to argue the correctness of this construction.

• The survival of the organization depends on the correctness of the decisions taken.

  Academic text (2011)

• All students participating received 2 points toward their final, one for participation and one for correctness of response.

  Academic text (2013)

• As a consequence, we included correctness of response as an additional factor in our analyses.

  Academic text (2013)

• Many have taken time to evaluate the correctness or usefulness of a particular articulation.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

T

truth

vscorrectness

∞ 1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

adds conformity to accepted standards as well as mere factual agreement

A

accuracy

vscorrectness

169 3.8

How close a measurement or statement is to the correct value

includes that precision but also covers meeting accepted standards generally

V

validity

vscorrectness

• Specialized

56 4.4

Showing that an idea is logical and factually correct

is less technical and also covers meeting social standards

V

veracity

vscorrectness

27 7.6

Being honest and not telling lies

is broader, focusing on agreement with facts and accepted standards

V

verity

vscorrectness

• Formal

3 8.4

A true idea or belief that people accept as important

is broader, applying to conformity with facts and with standards

R

rightness

vscorrectness

1 4.8

Being correct or true according to the facts

focuses on the same factual and standard alignment rather than other senses

T

truthfulness

vscorrectness

• Specialized

1 7.3

How often a computer program's answers are accurate and not wrong

applies more widely to human judgments and standard conformity

F

factuality

vscorrectness

1 6.5

A quality of being true and based on real information

adds the idea of fitting accepted standards as well as factual basis

F

factness

vscorrectness

1 8.3

How much something is shown or said to be true

is about being aligned with facts and with accepted standards

V

veridicality

vscorrectness

• Specialized

9.9

Being true and accurate about real facts

covers that correspondence but also includes social or standard conformity

T

trueness

vscorrectness

6.5

How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard

extends that exactness to include meeting accepted rules or norms

F

factualness

vscorrectness

5.8

The degree to which something matches true information or real events

broadens that grounding to include conformity with norms and rules

P

properness

vscorrectness

6.5

Being correct and appropriate for a situation

is narrower in focus on meeting facts and wider norms simultaneously

C

correctitude

vscorrectness

9.9

Behavior that follows rules people expect

is more general, covering factual agreement as well as conduct

Antonyms

F

falsity

6 7.9

A statement or idea that is not true

I

incorrectness

1 5.2

The state of being wrong or not matching the facts

Compounds

P

political correctness

28 5.3

Avoiding language or behaviour that could offend groups of people

P

patriotic correctness

• Literature

8.7

People follow strict public rules about how to show love for their country

How Correct

exactness

2 4.1

accuracy

169 3.8

correctness

8 3.5

inaccuracy

24 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology