correct
adjective /kəˈrekt/Definition
A2 in agreement with the true facts or with what is generally accepted: a correct answer "Is that the correct spelling?" "I don't know - look it up in a dictionary." It's not correct to describe them as 'students'.formal "Your name is Angela Black?" "That is correct." → Synonym right adjective → Opposite incorrectAccurate and exact B1 taking or showing great care to behave or speak in a way that is generally accepted and approved of: He's very correct in his dress/speech/manner, isn't he?Suitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good correctly /-li/ adverb B1 Have I pronounced your name correctly?Accurate and exact correctness /-nəs/ noun [U] › He speaks with such correctness (= care) that it sometimes sounds very formal.Accurate and exact
(Definition of correct adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accuracy noun
- accurate adjective
- aright adverb
- authoritative adjective
- bang adverb
- be bang on idiom
- exact adjective
- exactly adverb
- infallible adjective
- infallibly adverb
- letter-perfect adjective
- literal adjective
- on the nose idiom
- sharp adverb (EXACTLY)
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically adverb
- to the day idiom
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- truly adverb (EXACTLY)
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