rectify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
math: determine the length of
rectify a curve
Types & categories
- find out hypernym
Related & opposite
- rectification derivation
Sense 2 verb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine sugar
Types & categories
- distill hypernym
Related & opposite
- refiner derivation
- rectification derivation
- refining derivation
Sense 3 verb
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
The Church reformed me
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- reclamation derivation
- correction derivation
- reform derivation
- reformer derivation
- reformatory derivation
- see the light verb group
Sense 4 verb
set straight or right
remedy these deficiencies
Types & categories
- correct hypernym
Related & opposite
- amends derivation
- correction derivation
- remedy derivation
- rectifier derivation
- amendable derivation
Sense 5 verb
make right or correct
Correct the mistakes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- falsify antonym
- correction derivation
Sense 6 verb
convert into direct current
rectify alternating current
Types & categories
- exchange hypernym
Related & opposite
- rectification derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rectification |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | find out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refiner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rectification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refining |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distill |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reclamation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | correction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reform |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformatory |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | see the light |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | moralize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | amends |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | correction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rectifier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | amendable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | correct |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | correction |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | remedy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | debug |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rectification |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | exchange |