CORRECTING definition: 1. present participle of correct 2. to show or tell someone that something is wrong and to make it…. Learn more.

correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects. rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed. emend …

1. To make corrections. 2. To make adjustments; compensate: correcting for the effects of air resistance.

to point out or mark the errors in: to correct examination papers. to make (a reply) so as to set something right:[used with quotations] "Mr. Holmes, come in please.'' "It's Castle, sir,'' I …

The same term is applied to the acts passed by the state legislatures for correcting and redistributing the representation of the counties. In 1824 Professor Peter Barlow (1776-1862) …

Used when making small adjustments or pointing out mistakes in order to improve accuracy, often in an educational or professional setting. Used in formal contexts to describe the act of …

correcting, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Correct definition: to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight..

When something is true, legitimate or right, you can say it's correct, using the word as an adjective. It can also be a verb; to correct wrong answers is to adjust them to make them right.

Definition of correct verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.