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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make right or correct
Correct the mistakes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- falsify antonym
- correction derivation
Sense 2 adjective
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
the correct answer
Related & opposite
- accurate also see
- proper also see
- true also see
- wrong antonym
- correctness attribute
- correctness derivation
- exact similar to
- letter-perfect similar to
- straight similar to
Sense 3 verb
make reparations or amends for
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- over-correct hyponym
- atone hyponym
Related & opposite
- counterbalance also see
- wrong antonym
- remedy derivation
- recompense derivation
- right derivation
- compensation derivation
- restitution derivation
- right derivation
Sense 4 adjective
socially right or correct
it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
Related & opposite
- appropriateness derivation
- correctness derivation
- proper similar to
Sense 5 verb
censure severely
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- chastisement derivation
- chiding derivation
- castigation derivation
- chastening derivation
- corrective derivation
Sense 6 adjective
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
what's the right word for this?
Related & opposite
- correctness derivation
- proper similar to
Sense 7 verb
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Types & categories
- balance hypernym
- carry hyponym
- overcompensate hyponym
Related & opposite
- recompense derivation
- counterweight derivation
- offset derivation
- corrective derivation
Sense 8 adjective
correct in opinion or judgment
time proved him right
Related & opposite
- wrong antonym
- appropriateness derivation
- correctness derivation
- right-minded similar to
Sense 9 verb
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Types & categories
- punish hypernym
Related & opposite
- discipline derivation
- corrigible derivation
- corrective derivation
Sense 10 verb
go down in value
the stock market corrected
Types & categories
- come down hypernym
Sense 11 verb
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Adjust the clock, please
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- proportion hyponym
- modulate hyponym
- temper hyponym
- tune hyponym
- calibrate hyponym
- tune hyponym
- time hyponym
- trim hyponym
- zero hyponym
- zero hyponym
- readjust hyponym
- attune hyponym
- time hyponym
- set hyponym
- regulate hyponym
- focalize hyponym
- synchronize hyponym
- pressurize hyponym
- depressurize hyponym
- match hyponym
- plumb hyponym
- ordinate hyponym
- reconcile hyponym
- linearize hyponym
- justify hyponym
- citify hyponym
Related & opposite
- readjustment derivation
- adjuster derivation
- adjustive derivation
- corrective derivation
- adjustable derivation
Sense 12 verb
treat a defect
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- corrective derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correction |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remedy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | debug |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | accurate |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | proper |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | true |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | correctness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | exact |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | letter-perfect |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | straight |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | counterbalance |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | right |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | restitution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | right |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | over-correct |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | atone |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chastisement |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chiding |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | castigation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chastening |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rebuke |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flame |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterweight |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | offset |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | balance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcompensate |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | right-minded |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrigible |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | punish |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | readjustment |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjuster |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjustive |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjustable |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | proportion |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | modulate |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | temper |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | tune |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | calibrate |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | tune |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | trim |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | zero |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | zero |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | readjust |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | attune |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | regulate |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | focalize |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | synchronize |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | pressurize |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | depressurize |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | match |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | plumb |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | ordinate |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconcile |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | linearize |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | justify |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | citify |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |