correct definition

1. make right or correct
• examples: Correct the mistakes
• examples: rectify the calculation
2. treat a defect
• examples: The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
3. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
• examples: the correct answer
• examples: the correct version
• examples: the right answer
• examples: took the right road
• examples: the right decision
4. socially right or correct
• examples: it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
• examples: correct behavior
5. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
• examples: what's the right word for this?
• examples: the right way to open oysters