Sinhala Dictionary definitions for correct
correct 🔊 /kɚɛˈkt/
correct : නිවැරදි
correct : හරි ගස්සනවා
correct : සම්යක්
correct : හරිගස්සනවා
correct : සම්මා
correct : නිදොස්
correct : යෝග්ය
correct : නිදොස් කරනවා
correct : වැරදි ඉවත් කරනවා
correct : විධිමත්
correct : පිරිසිඳු
correct : නිවැරැදි කරනවා
correct : පිරිසුදු
correct : නිරවද්යු
correct : සරි
correct : මට්ටු කරනවා
correct : හරි
correct : නිර්දෝෂ
correct : සත්ය
correct : නිවැරැදි
correct definition
Adjective. Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
Transitive verb.
- To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.
- To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
- To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
- To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.